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The O’Jays and Stephanie Mills Fri. Nov. 16 | The legendary R&B group The O’Jays and R&B and soul singer Stephanie Mills headline Xavier’ University’s fifth annual Dr. Norman C. Francis Endowed Scholarship Benefit Concert.

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Oak Street Po-boy Festival Sun. Nov. 18 | The festival features more than 40 vendors offering traditional and exotic po-boys as well as other dishes, including side items and desserts.

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High on Fire Mon. Nov. 19 | Out of rehab and back on the road, Matt Pike — singer/guitarist of awakened metal legend Sleep and hellspawn High on Fire — is making good on a summer of missed dates. The latter band’s sixth LP, De Vermis Mysteriis, is a brimstoned concept album about Jesus Christ’s time-traveling twin. Goatwhore and Lo-Pan open at One Eyed Jacks.

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both of St. Tammany Parish, organized “Train of Hope,” a drive to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy. The two collected relief supplies and loaded them onto Amtrak’s Crescent, which stops in Slidell on its way to Newark, N.J. In a statement, Bergeron said that, as residents of a suburban area, they felt compelled to help towns in the Northeast that might be otherwise overlooked.

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1. Charter School Advocates — Two of the three new faces on the Orleans Parish School Board (Sarah Usdin and Leslie Ellison) have strong ties to the local charter movement. The third new face, Nolan Marshall Jr., does not oppose charters per se. Usdin’s race more than any other put charter schools at the center of an election. Statewide, voters last week imposed term limits on all Louisiana school boards, which will help charter advocates elect more allies to local school boards. Another interesting twist on the New Orleans school board races: The two board members who fought each other the most during the past four years — Brett Bonin and Thomas Robichaux — both lost.

2. New Faces — At almost every turn in local races — from the Court of Appeal to 2nd City Court, from the school board to the New Orleans City Council — newbies carried the day.

This is not unheard of, but it is unusual, and it always reflects a paradigm shift in local politics.

3. Louisiana Republicans — The Bayou State remains politically counter-cyclical. Mitt Romney failed to capture the White House, but the state GOP still holds five of six congressional seats and probably will pick up a seat on the state Supreme Court. Everywhere outside New Orleans, Republicans pretty much boxed out the Democrats in major elections.

4. Gun Rights Advocates — Despite opposition from the news media, sheriffs and district attorneys, gun advocates (particularly the NRA) won big with the passage of Amendment 2. The amendment makes it more difficult (but not impossible) to restrict gun ownership and possession in Louisiana by requiring gun restrictions to meet a higher constitutional standard (“strict scrutiny”) when challenged in court.

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6. Environmental Trial LawPHOTO BY CHERYL GERBER yers — In the special election to succeed Chief Justice Kitty Kimball (in a Baton Rouge-based district), environmental plaintiff lawyers backed Republican appellate Judge Jeff Hughes with a huge “independent” ad campaign on his behalf. The attorneys behind so-called “legacy lawsuits” have taken a beating in recent legislative sessions, but they could turn their fortunes around by electing friends to the state Supreme Court. Hughes looks to be their ticket. He’s in a Dec. 8 runoff against fellow appellate Judge John Michael Guidry, a black Democrat. The runoff is expected to see a much lower black and Democratic turnout than last Tuesday’s presidential race.

7. U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond — It was no surprise that the New Orleans congressman won re-election against four challengers in his redrawn district. What many didn’t notice was the hand he played in helping several down-ballot candidates. Richmond’s friend and former classmate Edwin Shorty Jr. narrowly defeated veteran 2nd City Court Constable Ennis Grundmeyer in Algiers, and Dana Kaplan’s strong showing in the District B

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lections afford the ultimate opportunity to study human behavior and decision making. No two elections are alike, but the stakes are almost always the same, especially when the race for the White House tops the ballot: Everything is in play.

For almost three decades I have published my list of “Winnas” and “Loozas,” and I typically write from a local rather than national perspective. After my column last week concluded that “all politics is national” these days, I decided to include a few national winnas and loozas this time.

Another change — this time, at least — reflects the near-dead heat on the question of whether to renew tolls on the Crescent City Connection. At press time, the tolls were passing by a mere 8 votes out of nearly 309,000 cast, but some military and overseas ballots were yet to be counted in Orleans Parish. I therefore added a new category for purposes of this analysis: Hanging Chads. At some point, the referendum will be decided — perhaps by a recount, perhaps by the courts. (Note: I will update this column online at bestofneworleans.com as soon as all votes are counted.)

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8. Lakefront Advocates — supporters of the so-called nonflood assets along the lakefront won big with the overwhelming vote to renew the Orleans Levee District millage for 30 years. The regional levee board tried to put the millage renewal on the ballot without any money for the non-flood assets (including Lakeshore Drive, Lakefront Airport, two marinas and more), but state sen. ed Murray forced the board to dedicate a portion of the millage to those assets.

9. Private Nursing Homes — The nursing home industry historically wields a lot of clout with state lawmakers, and passage of Amendment 1 puts one of their primary funding sources in the state constitution, thereby rendering it “untouchable” during lean budget years. something about the sound of “The Louisiana Medicaid Trust Fund for the elderly” sounded sacred — but the amendment actually was “The Trust Fund for Private Nursing Homes.”

Now for some national “winnas.”

• Democratic Women — The senate will now have 20 women members, a record. Four of the five new women in the senate are Democrats (the exception: Deb Fischer of Nebraska). while Mitt Romney carried Missouri, the “show Me” state re-elected Democrat Claire McCaskill over GOP challenger U.s. Rep. Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin. Democratic challenger elizabeth warren of Massachusetts beat Republican U.s. sen. scott Brown, who previously won a special election to succeed the late Ted Kennedy. Dem Mazie Hirono of Hawaii beat the state’s former GOP Gov. Linda Lingle. And Dem Tammy Baldwin of wisconsin became the first openly gay candidate in history to win a U.s. senate seat.

• Same-Sex Marriage Proponents — voters in washington, Maryland and Maine ratified gay marriage in their states. That’s the first time such unions have been blessed by popular vote rather than court decisions. Meanwhile, Minnesota voters beat back an attempt to write anti-same-sex marriage language into that state’s constitution. same-sex marriage will now be legal in nine states and the District of Columbia, and Barack Obama is the first president to express his support for same-sex marriage.

• Young Voters — Despite anecdotes about youth apathy, voters under 30 turned out in greater numbers than they did in 2008. exit polls showed 60 percent of them voted for President Obama.

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Whatever the final result, Connick has elevated his stature and established himself as a force on the West Bank. The question now is, what will he do with it? The council, under the leadership of businessman Lee Giorgio, will certainly be a force in future elections in Jefferson.

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1. Gov. Bobby Jindal — Mitt Romney’s loss guarantees that our ambitious governor will not be leaving Louisiana soon, except to continue his travels in pursuit of The Next Big Thing for Bobby. Worse yet for Jindal, for the first time in his political career, he will have to face the consequences of his policy decisions before moving on to another job.

Does he care? I’m betting we won’t see much more of him in the next three years than we’ve seen in the past four months. All those recent campaign stops weren’t for Mitt Romney; they were for Bobby Jindal ’16. In addition to having to trudge through the next three years as governor, however, Jindal must deal with the fact that the nation is moving toward the middle, not farther to the right. That means he could be past his “sell by” date when 2016 finally rolls around.

2. Local Incumbents — From the judiciary to the school board, New Orleans incumbents fared very badly last Tuesday. Three of the six Orleans Parish School Board members who sought re-election lost — all to people who had never run for office before. On the bench, 4th Circuit Court of Appeal Chief Judge Charles Jones lost to an unknown who had previously lost several races for district court judgeships.

(Many suspect Jones “took a dive” in that race because his challenger, Sandra Cabrina Jenkins, once clerked for Jones and they have remained close since then.) Appellate Judge Paul Bonin was re-elected automatically when his opponent withdrew, but she pulled out too late to have her name taken off the ballot. She got more votes than Bonin — even though they didn’t count.

3. Louisiana Democrats — As if we needed more proof that when the rest of the country zigs, Louisiana zags: The state Democratic party couldn’t get a single candidate into a regional or congressional runoff against a Republican.

4. The Algiers Courthouse Crowd — The Powers That Be in Algiers lost all three positions at 2nd City Court, which has been a staple of their political clout for decades. Those positions — constable, clerk and judge — have for years been held by whites with strong ties to the Old Guard. Going forward, blacks will hold all three posts. One exception to the Courthouse Gang’s defeat: In the clerk’s race, state Sen. David Heitmeier broke with the Old Guard to help Darren Lombard defeat Adam Lambert, an ally of 2nd City Court Judge KK Norman.

Here are the national “loozas.”

• Grumpy Old White Men — Some say that’s pretty much who comprises — or at least runs — the GOP. If that’s true, they were big losers. As one GOWM told me last week, “We are no longer relevant nationally.” New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof put the GOP’s quandary in perspective, writing, “America needs a plausible centerright opposition party to hold Obama’s feet to the fire, not just a collection of Tea-Party cranks.”

• Conservative SuperPACs — Big money donors poured hundreds of millions of dollars poured into SuperPACs, many of them controlled or heavily influenced by Republican strategist Karl Rove. In the end they had little to show for it. Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson alone sank tens of millions into eight races, and came up 0 for 8.

• Male Chauvinism — Several Republican candidates who made insensitive or clueless comments about rape and/or abortion lost their races, including U.S. Rep. Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin and Richard Mourdock, an Indiana Senate candidate who suggested it was “God’s will” when a woman became pregnant due to rape. Tea Party favorite U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois said he was pro-life without exception, then added, “The life of the woman is not an exception.” He was thumped by challenger Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat and war hero who lost both her legs on the battlefield in Iraq.

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NEW ORLEANS PUNDIT EDITION “A political narcissistic sociopath leveraged fear and ignorance with a campaign marked by mendacity and malice rather than a mandate for resurgence and reform. Instead of using his high office to articulate a vision for our future, Obama used it as a vehicle for character assassination, replete with unrelenting and destructive distortion, derision and division.” — Mary Matalin in the National Review, surveying President Barack Obama’s re-election victory.

“Somebody in the Republican party is going to have to break [Republicans] out of the tea party and that talk radio bellicose B.S.” — Matalin’s husband James Carville on CNN — not referring to his wife specifically. Matalin and Carville dissected the election Thursday night at a forum at the University of New Orleans moderated by Gambit political editor Clancy DuBos.

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PARISH GOES BIG FOR THE PREZ While President Barack Obama was soundly thumped statewide by GOP challenger Mitt Romney in last Tuesday’s election — Romney received 57.8 percent of Louisiana’s presidential vote to Obama’s 40.6 percent — the numbers in Orleans Parish told a story of a bright blue dot in a deep red state.

Obama received 80.3 percent of the vote in Orleans, while Romney took only 17.8 percent.

The New Orleans returns bested Obama’s showing in some of the country’s most liberal West Coast regions.

Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland), went for Obama with 75.6 percent of the vote; King County, Washington (Seattle) managed 68.5 percent; and the County of Los Angeles scored 69.3 percent of the vote for the president. Only San Francisco, where Obama received 83 percent of the vote, scored higher than Orleans for Obama. — KEVIN ALLMAN

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“STRICT SCRUTINY” FOR GUN RESTRICTIONS Louisiana voters overwhelmingly backed a proposed state constitutional amendment to strengthen Second Amendment rights in the state. Nearly 75 percent of voters — more than 1.3 million — voted in favor of Act 784, which makes gun ownership a “fundamental right … under strict scrutiny of the court.”

“Strict scrutiny” applies the highest standard of judicial review to any law concerning gun ownership. It typically is applied to human rights and other “fundamental rights” under the constitution. Owning a gun in Louisiana is now a “fundamental right.” Any proposed laws restricting gun ownership (whether on a school campus, government building, in the hands of a convicted felon) could be challenged.

In Orleans Parish, more than 70,000 people voted against the measure,

which had fewer than 68,000 supporters — but in neighboring Jefferson Parish, 106,498 people voted for it, with only 51,962 voting against.

The bill was the subject of a heated debate in May, when State Sen. Neil Reiser pitched his National Rifle Association-backed measure to Louisiana’s House Committee on Criminal Justice, where it ultimately passed 9-5. In May, it passed in the House by a 77-22 vote.

Reiser boasted the bill would “give Louisiana the strongest Second Amendment right in the nation.”

Reiser’s bill had near-unanimous Republican support in the state legislature, while Democrats opposed it — as did Louisiana district attorneys Leon Cannizzaro of Orleans Parish, Charles Ballay of Plaquemines Parish and John DeRosier of Calcasieu Parish, as well as the good government watchdog group Council for a Better Louisiana.

“I can guarantee you (the amendment) does not stop crime in Orleans Parish,” Cannizzaro said at the May committee hearing. Before it passed the House, state Rep. Terry Landry, former Louisiana State Police commander, and other House Democrats repeatedly asked “why now” and why Louisiana needs fewer restrictions on gun ownership.

Reiser and others said it would preserve gun rights in future sessions.

— ALEX WOODWARD

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FINDING COMMON GROUND ON POLICY AT TULANE UNIVERSITY The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will hold its fourth annual summit at Tulane University from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nov. 15 in the Lavin-Bernick Center.

The BPC has held its summits at Tulane every year since 2009 — and always the week after the November elections.

Hosted by political power couple James Carville and Mary Matalin, the event brings together Washington’s top leaders and strategists to discuss the current political landscape and examine where the two parties may find common ground going forward to address the nation’s key policy issues. The summit features current and former elected officials, national political strategists from both sides of the aisle, and prominent pollsters and journalists.

The summit is free and open to the public. Registration is available online at www.bipartisanpolicy.org.

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Overseeing decree

COUNCIL WANTS COP MONITOR INVOLVED The New Orleans City Council reviewed Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s proposed $4.5 million budget for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) last Thursday, but much of the council’s discussion focused on one component of the OIG: Independent Police Monitor (IPM) Susan Hutson.

Hutson’s office, created in 2009, has a broad mandate: taking citizen

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Public defender woes

EIGHT LAWYERS TO BE FIRED Orleans Parish Chief Public Defender Derwyn Bunton last week asked City Council to maintain the public defender’s office’s budget allocation. Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s proposed 2013 budget cuts nearly every city department by about 10 percent. Bunton’s portion of the city budget — funded through a grant rather than a departmental allocation — is slated to be cut by one-third, from $1.2 million to $800,000.

The office receives most of its $7 million annual operating budget from a combination of state funds and local court fines, but the local cut will mean the office — which represented about 80 percent of the city’s criminal defendants in thousands of felony and misdemeanor cases last year — will have to fire eight lawyers from its current staff of 55, Bunton said. “we already have more cases than we have lawyers who can — ethically or within standards — represent,” he said.

— CHARLes MALDONADO

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• The Baton Rouge political website The Hayride last week noted a National Enquirer “expose” claiming President

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were considering divorce. Hayride founder Scott McKay said he was skeptical of the report, but added, “On the other hand, there had to be something behind the rather unusual phenomenon of Michelle’s mother [Marian Robinson] — Barack’s motherin-law — moving into the white House.

He’s president of the United states of America, and his mother-in-law lives with him. That indicates an unconventional family situation, or at least a guy who’s not in control of his scene. An Alpha Male, he’s not.” OK, McKay …

• while all four City Council District B candidates threw election night parties at local restaurants and clubs, only one got to hold it in his own restaurant.

Marlon Horton, aka 10th ward Buck, owns Finger Lickin’ wings on Jackson Avenue, and he gathered there with supporters to watch the results roll in. He placed last in a field of four …

• Former Louisiana state Rep. Tony Perkins, now head of the washington D.C.-based Family Research Council, was predictably displeased with last week’s election results, writing the next day, “This was supposed to be the morning when Americans got up and shook off the nightmare of the last four years. instead, they awakened to a new one: a profound drubbing of the Republican Party that is supposed to be the guardian of the conservative vision our nation so desperately needs.” He added. “On every level — presidential, congressional, social — it was a bruising day for our movement that no amount of spin can improve. Americans had a choice, and they made it.”

• surprise: President Barack Obama got nearly 38 percent of the vote in Jefferson Parish last Tuesday.

This reflects the parish’s growing black population, which will be a force in future elections. statewide, Obama got more than 100,000 more votes last Tuesday than Gov. Bobby Jindal received in his 2011 re-election campaign, which was dubbed a “landslide” by some pundits …

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complaints, studying the effectiveness of New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) policy and oversight of the Public integrity Bureau. Hutson has said her portion of the OiG budget — which pays for a staff of four — has inhibited the office’s ability to carry out that mandate. “i want you to do more,” said council president Stacy Head last week, adding that she wanted to give her more resources. Head and other council members were particularly interested in Hutson’s involvement in the proposed consent decree between the NOPD and the U.s. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The consent decree calls for a federal monitor to oversee NOPD’s progress.

The city and DOJ are in the process of identifying a contractor for the job, which will be worth approximately $10 million over the four-to-five-year life of the decree. Hutson said that despite her experience with police consent decrees — she worked in the OiG for the Los Angeles Police Department while it was under a consent decree — the city has not sought her counsel in identifying a company for the contract. Head asked the Landrieu administration to get Hutson’s input in the process.

The selection of the consent decree monitor will be made jointly by the DOJ and the city,” mayoral spokesman Ryan Berni told councilmembers, adding that any decision to increase Hutson’s role would be up to U.s. District Court Judge Susie Morgan, who is overseeing the implementation of the agreement.

Budget hearings are set to continue this week beginning with Criminal District Court, District Attorney’s office and the Orleans Parish sheriff’s Office on Monday. — CHARLes MALDONADO

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n the days after the 9/11 attacks, Louisianans came together to support New Yorkers. One of the most memorable gestures was the “Spirit of Louisiana,” a fire truck specially built as a gift to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Three and a half years later, after Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans lost much of its own firefighting equipment, the FDNY sent down firefighters to help in the recovery — and returned the Spirit of Louisiana with thanks.

It was decommissioned in 2010 after nine years. Last week, at the request of New York state, it was returned to service to help in the recovery following Hurricane Sandy.

Our bonds with New Yorkers run deep.

No other city in America can understand so completely what people in New York, New Jersey and elsewhere are going through because of Hurricane Sandy. We know what it’s like to get by, benumbed and moment to moment, in the first days after a devastating storm. More important, we know what it’s like to pick up the pieces in the months and years afterward when you’ve lost everything you own in a gush of filthy water or a slurry of mud.

Along the way, we learned a lot from hard experience. In the spirit of deepening our

bonds with New Yorkers, we share some of those lessons now.

We know all too well what it’s like having to replace the thousands of items that make a house a home, from expensive appliances to underwear. Everything you need at any given moment — a scratch pad, a pen, Kleenex, a nail clipper, all the sundries of a life — must be obtained again. Then there are the things you can never get back at any price: family photos, important documents, identification, diplomas, cherished recordings and home movies — all gone. The pain of losing such things will recede, but it will never completely go away.

The need for mental health services will be immense. In the days after Hurricane Katrina, people who came through the storm feeling OK were suddenly confronted with emotions they hadn’t had time to process. We got used to seeing strangers break down at the market or the post office, and we learned when to offer a hand and when to step back and show them respect.

Weeks, months and years later, our suicide and depression rates soared. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be wise to begin planning now for more mental health services,

because the increased need will arrive soon and remain for years.

Many whose homes and automobiles were destroyed by Sandy didn’t have flood insurance. For those who had insurance, we can only counsel patience when it comes to dealing with adjusters, who can deny coverage for what seems the most arbitrary and frustrating of reasons. And beware: there are people who specialize in re-victimizing the victims of tragedy. Be careful when

Those of us on the Gulf Coast know and understand your pain. dealing with contractors. Lots of New Orleanians learned this the hard way.

Being hit by tragedy doesn’t necessarily mean the tax man will give you a break.

This year, more than ever, it’s vital to check with an accountant who knows the ins and outs of personal and business casualty losses. Forewarned is forearmed; get a

copy of IRS Publication 547, “Casualties, Disasters and Thefts.”

Above all, be aware that the wave of national sympathy will ebb almost as quickly as it flowed; the TV cameras will leave long before you are whole again. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast got used to hearing about “Katrina fatigue” while we were still struggling to get back on our feet. When that happens after Hurricane Sandy, you’ll need to take care of each other — but know that those of us on the Gulf Coast know and understand your pain. We won’t forget you.

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Now New Orleans is returning the favor.

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a culture of Hubris t’s often said that bad luck comes in threes; when two bad things happen, expect a third piece of bad news soon.

If that old saw holds true, u.s. Attorney Jim Letten better brace himself, because federal target Fred Heebe appears far from finished with his campaign to discredit top prosecutors in Letten’s office.

Letten already had a major WTF? moment last March, when Heebe exposed then-federal prosecutor sal Perricone as the vituperative, vitriolic, verbose online commenter “HenryLMencken1951” on Nola.com.

At the time of Perricone’s fall, many speculated others in Letten’s office knew about Perricone’s anonymous rants — and maybe even joined in the cyber-fun. Now we know that it was much more than speculation. on Nov. 2, Heebe filed a defamation lawsuit against Jan M. Mann, the No. 2 person in Letten’s office and his most trusted lieutenant. The suit alleges Mann, like Perricone, posted venomous, anonymous rants on Nola.com — many of which, like Perricone’s histrionics, betrayed an inside knowledge of federal investigations. Mann’s alleged nom de plume was “eweman.”

Heebe’s suit claims “eweman” and “HenryLMencken1951” often commented on the same stories, and sometimes within minutes of one another — an online tag team of sorts. Equally interesting, “eweman” stopped posting right after Perricone was exposed as Mencken.

Last week, Letten issued a terse statement admitting only that Mann posted comments, not that she was “eweman,” and that she had been demoted. The office of Professional Responsibility (oPR) is once again on the case.

Which brings us to the Rule of Threes: What else (or who else) is out there?

The obvious target of suspicion now is Mann’s husband, Jim Mann, another top supervisor in Letten’s office and a close professional friend of Perricone. If there were an online troika of tirades based in the u.s. Attorney’s office, Jim Mann would stand out as the obvious suspect of being The Third Mann. He sleeps with one of the offenders and is best pals with the other.

I’m not accusing him of anything; I’m just pointing out what’s obvious in a case that, so far, has been brimming with evidence that practically glows in the dark.

We may not know for a while if anyone else is implicated. The Perricone matter isn’t even resolved, and now there’s a new wrinkle. The feds do things meticulously, deliberately. It takes them months, sometimes years, to indict known crooks. Don’t expect them to rush things against one (or two, or three) of their own. Besides, Mann enjoys civil service protection, which always slows things down.

Mann reportedly has vowed to fight if she’s terminated. she may claim a constitutional right to express opinions from her home, but as a top federal prosecutor she also has an ethical duty to refrain from commenting on open cases — from anywhere. she also has a professional obligation not to embarrass the Department of Justice. If she was questioned by oPR about Perricone, she better not have misled them; that would be a felony.

Perricone claims he acted alone.

What did he tell oPR? Meanwhile, Letten’s future as u.s.

Attorney suddenly looks bleak. Both of Louisiana’s u.s. senators, Democrat

Mary Landrieu and Republican David Vitter, distanced themselves from Letten last week. Both previously were among his biggest supporters.

I’m willing to believe Letten didn’t know about Perricone and Mann. His critics say he should have known, but that argument is based on what, him spying on his assistants? No, the best argument against Letten’s continued tenure is not that he should have known — assuming he in fact did not know — but rather on the more fundamental premise that he either created or allowed to be created a culture of hubris at the office.

The Internet has lit up with schadenfreude-laden emails and comments from former foes of Mann, all of them figurative end zone dances at her demise. This goes beyond sour grapes. It reflects pent-up rage at what many consider decades of not just over-zealous prosecutorial efforts but also a needlessly bullying prosecutorial style.

The oldest rule of politics is this: What goes around comes around. Bad luck comes around with even greater force when one brings it on oneself.

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I remember a spectacular fireworks display on the river during the World’s Fair in 1984 that may have come from Japan. Works of art were created as they exploded! Choreographed pyrotechnics displayed a flower stem, then leaves and finally a blossom atop it. Fireworks adorned the skies almost every night for the four months of the Fair, but this was a special treat.

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“Captain” Lee Mullikin Dear Captain Lee, Wasn’t that amazing?

This one-off event stopped traffic on Sunday, June 3, 1984. The display, which lasted 70 minutes, was a jaw-dropping presentation of pyrotechnics. It was not like the usual American firework displays, which gradually build to a finale. This exhibit consisted of separate scenes as more than 50 tableaus were shot from a 290-foot long barge from mortar tubes 6 to 10 inches in diameter.

Folks gathered for hours in front of the Japanese Pavilion and along the riverfront; it was estimated that between 60,000 to 70,000 people saw the show.

We were reminded of Canal Street on Mardi Gras, with spectators 100 to 200 feet deep. Traffic on the Mississippi River Bridge closed and the gondola stopped running while the Kase Company of Nagaoka, Japan fired 4,000 electronically ignited shells into the air and gave us a show not to be forgotten.

But for the day-to-day fireworks displays, there were other companies contracted, the first of which was Pyro Spectaculars. Working for the company were the husband-and-wife team of Jim and Linda Burton of Southern California.

The Burtons put in six hours each day assembling a show that lasted just nine minutes each night. The fireworks were located on a barge docked downriver from the fair. About 9 p.m. each night, a tugboat pulled the fireworks-laden barge to the fair site where residents oohed and aahed at the brilliant show set to music.

In September, another firm took over the finale for each day — Ruggieri, one of the oldest fireworks manufacturers in the world. It has a list of historical celebra-

The June 16, 1984 issue of Gambit was dedicated to the World’s Fair. tions behind it including the coronation of Napoleon, every Parisian commemoration of the French Revolution since 1790, displays at Versailles since 1862, seven world’s fairs and the American Bicentennial salutes in Washington, D.C. and New York Harbor. The company’s first big job was for King Louis XV of France, who hired the Ruggieri brothers for the wedding celebration of his daughter’s marriage to the son of King Philip V of Spain. King Louis was so impressed that he created a new position of King’s Pyrotechnicist and gave the job to Petronio Ruggieri.

The company that bears the Ruggieri name was the first to create colored fireworks. And when we saw their beautiful displays in 1984, they were specializing in “pyromelody,” the marriage of fireworks with music with split-second timing. Unlike the typical American fireworks displays which go up high and make a lot of noise, the Ruggieri fireworks were more artful, consisting of a series of tableaus keyed to music.

No matter which company staged the displays, fairgoers loved the thrilling end to each day.

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Payton’s Place That would be a joke. Saints owner Tom Benson will likely open up his checkbook to keep Payton — but he shouldn’t have to. Payton is the head coach and knows about everything that goes on in the Saints office and on the field. I know fans love him — and I’m not talking about

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The mere thought that Payton likely will get a raise out of this — and possibly a big raise — is a travesty.

It shouldn’t have come to this. If the team stopped whatever it was they were doing back when the NFL first warned them about it, there wouldn’t have been a bounty investigation.

The loss of Payton isn’t just the loss of a coach. His philosophy is the entire base of how the organization operates. “Of course there’s a scare when immediately it comes out and says Sean Payton’s a free agent and he has the ability to go wherever he wants. It seems like that story was blown out of proportion,” Saints quarterback Drew Brees said last Wednesday. “My focus is on our team and winning, and I think that’s what Sean would want us to do.”

This whole situation leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If a clause is the reason a contract doesn’t exist, fix it. If it’s something more than that, say so.

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n Nov. 4, New Orleans Saints fans woke up to the headline “NFL voids Saints’ Payton contract extension.” The ESPN.com story said Saints coach Sean Payton would be a free agent at the end of the season.

Huh? Talk about coming out of nowhere.

How did this happen?

Andrew Brandt, former Green Bay Packers vice president and National Football League player agent, wrote that the NFL voided the contract extension due to a clause that says Payton could become a free agent if general manager Mickey Loomis were to exit either voluntarily or involuntarily by a suspension or firing.

Way more questions than answers exist. How does it take 14 months — from September 2011 to November 2012 — to figure out a contract isn’t valid? Why is that clause in there? Did Loomis and Payton suspect trouble could be on the horizon?

Remember: the NFL began its bounty investigation in 2010. Did Loomis put that in as a favor to Payton because he thought that if the bounty situation came to light, it could end his time in New Orleans?

“I absolutely expect Sean to be our coach next year and going forward,” Loomis told The Times-Picayune’s Mike Triplett last week. “These contract issues will be resolved.”

That’s great. But why haven’t they already been resolved? If a deal was already agreed upon, why not take out the clause or reword it to the NFL’s approval? Throw in Payton’s affinity for Dallas (and his home there) and it’s easy to see why some in the fan base were in all-out panic. It’s long been speculated around the league that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would love to have Payton call Cowboys Stadium home. And with Dallas struggling this season ...

Bottom line is that for Sean Payton to coach the Saints next season, he and the team will have to agree on a new deal or the NFL could choose to “toll” him for a season — meaning Payton would have to coach the final year of his old contract prior to signing the extension.

The difference that Payton makes on the Saints is clear. Without question, he’ll be highly sought after, but the Cowboys and the Saints are really the only natural homes for him. So it could be a bidding war for his services.

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The artists behind Shreveport’s Oscar-winning Moonbot Studios and DreamWorks’ Rise of the Guardians.

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hen William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg accepted the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film last February, Joyce offered a modest description of their enterprise.

“Look, we’re just like these swamp rats from Louisiana,” Joyce said, grinning from ear to ear and clutching the trophy. “This is incredibly grand.

We love the movies. We love the movies more than anything.”

They looked like father and son: the diminutive Joyce with his short gray hair and thick-rimmed glasses, and the much younger Oldenburg with his tousled hair and one arm around Joyce’s shoulder.

“It’s been a part of our DNA ever since we were children,” Oldenburg said.

“It’s made us storytellers.”

They had created the 15-minute film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore as a calling card for their Shreveport-based startup, Moonbot Studios. The film tells the story of a booklover named Morris Lessmore, who loses his books in Hurricane Katrina and is swept away to a new land.

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Though their company was new (founded in 2009), the two had plenty of industry experience and a very focused plan. Together with Moonbot co-founder Lampton Enochs, they wanted to make a mark fast.

“Most animation companies start up and then get jobs,” Joyce says. “They try for years and years to get enough time and money to make a short film. We said, ‘Let’s reverse that.’ Let’s just start out with a short film that we know will lose money but will establish who we are and what we are able to do and maybe we’ll get some notice for that. So we had our fingers crossed. Maybe we’ll get nominated for an Oscar or at least get notice at some film festivals.

“You can’t just say we’re going to have an animation studio in Louisiana, in the 107th largest city in the country and have them believe you. You have to do something.”

The Academy Award helped put Moonbot on the map. But besides winning the Oscar, the story was spun off as an app, which App Magazine named its 2011 App of the Year, and finally a book — ironic, given Joyce’s first

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career focus was picture book publishing. The book spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times’ children’s best sellers list. He’s authored Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo and George Shrinks among many other popular children’s books. Many of them have been made into movies or TV series, and next week DreamWorks releases the holiday film Rise of the Guardians, which is based on Joyce’s stories.

Many of Joyce’s projects have done very well with major studios. He created characters for Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, Pixar’s first big animated films. His Rolie Polie Olie book series became an Emmy-winning Disney Channel series. His book A Day With Wilbur Robinson became the Disney film Meet the Robinsons.

His book The Leaf Men is the basis for 20th Century Fox’s 2013 release Epic, due in spring 2013. He’s also illustrated 10 covers for The New Yorker, and was named the 2008 Louisiana Author of the Year by a Louisiana State Library program to recognize contemporary writers.

“Guardians, next to Toy Story, is the movie I am most pleased with that I’ve worked on,” Joyce says. “It’s what I envisioned. It’s what I hoped it would be: It is successful grand entertainment.”

Moonbot’s name does not appear in the credits for Guardians because the project predates the startup by many years. It’s based on a series of books initiated by Joyce more than 15 years ago and a short film, Joyce and Oldenburg’s original demo project, shot in New Orleans in 1998. Oldenburg’s former company, Reel FX, is credited with producing the short film.

Morris Lessmore was finished quickly by moviemaking standards and gained recognition even faster.

From its relative geographic isolation from the industry, Moonbot has shown the agility of what an openminded startup can do. Apple’s iPad was introduced to the world while they were filming Morris Lessmore, and Moonbot quickly created an app because Joyce and Oldenburg saw the device’s potential for telling a story in a new way. As they prepare for the regional premiere of Guardians in Shreveport at The Strand Theatre, Moonbot designers are busy working on new apps, movies, books and more.

Moonbot occupies much of the bottom floor of a lone modern building tucked away near a cluster of hospitals

in central Shreveport. A team of animators works on movies and games in an open area, workstations littered with toy figures and the walls covered with poster-sized illustrations. Oldenburg and Joyce have offices on opposite sides of the main hall. Joyce’s is a dimly lit cave in the center. He works at a slanted illustrator’s desk; sketches cover his walls. Oldenburg has a sunny office, and its windowsill is covered with Star Wars action figures and some Toy Story characters. Elsewhere a Fraggle Rock muppet is perched on a lamp and his old Super 8 camera sits on a shelf.

Most of the company’s roughly 45 employees are 25 or younger. Or as Oldenburg puts it, many probably remember a film like Toy Story as their first exciting movie. He remembers Tron. Many of the artists were recruited from the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla., Oldenburg’s alma mater (and he sits on its board of trustees). Moonbot has a unique creative environment. Every week, everyone in the company watches film and animation produced that week, and everyone is welcome to critique and comment. The studio also has “Sketch Tuesday,” in which everyone is welcome to contribute drawings to a Moonbot blog post. Sometimes they are new sketches along a chosen theme, sometimes illustrators pull things out of old sketchbooks or files.

There are many new innovative projects, all tracked on a whiteboard in Enochs’ office. Recent projects have included the IMAG-N-O-TRON, another iPad app to enhance book experiences. It’s used as a companion to a book, recognizing images and pages to activate the app’s features. When the reader points the IMAG-N-O-TRON at the Lessmore page featuring the library, it allows the viewer to do a 360-degree pan around the library. The iPad screen can be pointed at different books, which then whisper to the IMAG-N-OTRON holder.

Oldenburg jokes that it is not a threat to publishing “We said to (a meeting of) librarians (at a presentation), ‘It’s OK. You still have to have a book.’”

The Numberlys is another story app that features creatures living in a gray numbers-based world modeled on the classic Fritz Lang silent film Metropolis.

The Numberly creatures use numbers to invent an alphabet, and with that comes words and then color.

They go from eating gray and gloppy “00259” to picking up a rainbow of jellybeans raining down from the sky. A film and book version are planned.

Forthcoming projects include a Kickstarter campain in November to fund a new multiplatform project based on the Jewish folk tale of the Golem. Moonbot books will be released on a special Simon & Schuster imprint.

One team of programmers and designers is working on a game for Sony PlayStation called Diggs Nightcrawler. Using a new controller, which is shaped like a book with turning pages, players can help a bookworm (who looks like a caterpillar) detective named Diggs solve a mystery in a noirish cartoonscape. Diggs tries to solve the mystery of how Humpty Dumpty fell off his wall.

It’s not the first time Humpty Dumpty has been a character in a Moonbot story. When Morris Lessmore arrives at the library, a book featuring Humpty Dumpty reaches out to him. The two-dimensional Humpty encourages him to explore books again.

Why Humpty Dumpty?

“I like him,” Joyce says, sitting in his office. “He breaks, and they always say they can’t put him back together again. And that always bothered me. I wanted to do a story in which everything breaks and gets put back together again.”

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Many Hollywood studios tried to buy Rise of the Guardians. But the story wasn’t generated for a pitch meeting. Or even originally a book. It was hatched years ago for an audience of one. Joyce’s 6-year-old daughter Mary Katherine asked him if Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy all knew each other. Joyce quickly responded, “Yes.” But it wasn’t that simple.

“Once we started talking about this, I thought, ‘God, this is really rich stuff,’” Joyce says. “The questions didn’t stop there. I had opened Pandora’s box. There were many, many questions. I always resented when I was a kid and I asked my parents how [Santa Claus] did all this in a night and they said, ‘Well, he just does.’

And that doesn’t tell me anything.

“Now I am in the same position, I want to do things differently than my parents. Since I am a storyteller, I will engage here. I want to give (his daughter and son) a mythology that is very interesting. And then I realized this is really fun. I was really enjoying it. It was flowing out of me. I was channeling all the myths that I loved. Everything that I had ever seen that I liked was becoming this gumbo of new mythology. There was a little bit of Pandora, a little bit of the Flying Dutchman, a little bit of Greek mythology, of Harvey the Rabbit.

Hindu myths that I had read. Native American myths.

Celtic myths. They blended together. … I wanted to actually do this as books, as something. It didn’t take long after that initial yes.”

Joyce drew and filled in the back stories on Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy.

He imagined Santa as a figure with a dark past. His Santa looked like a Russian Cossack, a former thief with a wild side, covered in Russian prison tattoos.

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In the DreamWorks version, Santa is tattooed: The words “Naughty” and “Nice” are inked on his thick forearms, like the words “LOVE” and “HATE” are tattooed on the fingers of the jailhouse preacher played by Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter.

The world of Guardians and the scope of the project grew. Joyce envisioned 13 picture books to tell various parts of the tale (he’s completed five), and he thought there should be a movie, but not a direct adaptation of the books. The film, set in the present, takes place 200 years after the time in which the books are set.

Oldenburg grew up in the suburbs of Fort Worth, Texas. He fell in love with movies at a young age.

“I walked out of Raiders of the Lost Ark knowing what I wanted to do with my life,” he says. “That weekend, my dad and I went out and bought a Super 8 camera. I started making movies in the fourth grade, cutting them there at the kitchen table.”

His mother noticed his talents and signed him up for art lessons.

He was a founder of Reel FX Creative Studios, a Dallas company that did work for Disney, Pixar, Blue Sky Studios and Troublemaker Studios.

In 1997, Joyce released The World of William Joyce Scrapbook and Oldenburg bought a copy.

Oldenburg particularly liked the last page, which included drawings of characters for a book Joyce was then working on, The Man in the Moon.

To get Joyce’s attention, Oldenburg crafted and mailed him surprise boxes, with springs and moving parts that launched pop-ups and created small effects.

Soon, they talked on the phone, and Oldenburg said he wanted to make a movie with Joyce.

Joyce was very busy, often traveling to either New York or Los Angeles for book and film projects, but he decided to go to Dallas.

“My wife asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?”

Joyce says, intoning an implication of futility. “I had so much going on. But I said, ‘I just have a hunch.’”

It didn’t seem so promising at first.

“They didn’t even know how to tell me how to get to their offices,” Joyce says. “They were like, ‘It’s next to the Hooters downtown. If you can find the Hooters, we’re right next door.’ So I finally find it and Brandon comes out, and he looks like he’s 11 years old. He looks like he’s 15 now. This is 1998. I am like, ‘Oh, my God, they’re children.’ I went through [Reel FX’s] offices, and I don’t think any of these guys shave. Do their parents drop them off? Is this some afterschool program?”

But he was impressed with their work.

“They had great instincts, great technological ability,” Joyce says. “They were finding cheap ways to do complicated things. … If you go into any animation house, you get an instant read on what the place is like. If a place is rocking, there’s a happy sort of energy in the air. Pixar had that. It’s rare. When I went into Reel FX it was there. It felt like when I had walked into Blue Sky for the first time. It felt like when I walked into Pixar for the first time.”

Joyce and Oldenburg decided to make a short film together. Actually, it was just a sequence of scenes setting up The Man in the Moon story, a very early installment/prequel to Rise of the Guardians.

In late fall 1998, they spent a week filming in New Orleans because Morrison Productions Studio (located in the former Coliseum Theater in the Lower Garden District) had a computer-controlled boom arm that would allow them to shoot their scenes and create desired effects, incorporating miniatures and animation. The four-minute film later became crucial to their deal with DreamWorks, but it also helped forge the creative bond between Joyce and Oldenburg.

“It was the first time I directed anything. I had been wanting to direct,” Joyce says. “We had so much freedom. We had so much fun. They did such beautiful work. … I was supposed to be there for one day. I didn’t bring a suitcase. Every day they had a flight for me [back to Shreveport]. And every day I had Chuck, the producer, call my wife and say it’s not going to be today. … We had the best time. We never slept and we never stopped. We finished all that we had the money to do.”

Oldenburg also was elated.

“In our hearts, the two of us knew that if we could make a short film, it would be embraced by the world,” he says. “We had to wait over a decade to try that again. It wasn’t like we just formed a company overnight.”

Many studios were interested in Rise of the Guardians and Joyce had pitched it to several of the larger ones.

None of them was interested in the books.

“I had become way emotionally attached to the whole thing,” Joyce says. “I felt this was the best thing I had done. I felt it was the story I was put on PAGE 22

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“At first I was going to direct it. They all said no.

“They all offered tons of money. I was offered so many Faustian bargains, I felt like my soul was up for purchase — insane sums of money were offered, and I had to go, ‘No. These are the conditions of which I will do this. Take it or leave it.’ And they’d say, ‘No, but here’s a shitload more money.’”

He stood firm because he was very interested in the film’s audience, and cautious about the way money works.

“These characters stay vivid and powerful in kids’ imagination,” he says. “More than if they are handing out coupons or selling products on TV. The way you see them in your head as a kid is pretty magnificent. [The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy] do all these things in one night. They judge you. There’s a lot more mythic power to them as a child than when you are a grownup. We wanted to honor that.

“You shouldn’t let large fast-food chains define who Santa Claus is, OK.” When DreamWorks heard his plan and saw the film Joyce and Oldenburg made, its team was interested.

“The head of the studio, Jeffrey Katzenberg, said, ‘I like this idea. I like your take on it. I like that you want Santa Claus and the Guardians to be grand heroes. I like it epic,’” Joyce says.

They inked a deal in early 2007, and Reel FX, which had been using the film as one of its calling card demos, pulled the film off the Internet as part of the deal with DreamWorks.

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In 2009, Joyce was at a point in which he wanted to travel less.

He’s a Shreveport native, his daughter was ill and he wanted to be away less often.

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Joyce had been talking about his desire to stay in Shreveport to Enochs, who worked in film production. Immediately following Hurricane Katrina, many film production companies had shifted operations to Shreveport. Enochs was working on the FX miniseries Thief, which relocated to north Louisiana in order to retain film tax credit benefits. He met Joyce at a cocktail party, and later they started talking about creating a film and animation studio. Joyce’s first priority was to bring Oldenburg on board. The name Moonbot refers to characters in the film Joyce and Oldenburg had made in New Orleans.

The three of them agreed to create a short film to put out as a calling card. Years earlier, Joyce had flown to New York to meet with William Morris, who had been a mentor to him. On the plane, he sketched out a story about a man who loves books. Nothing came of it for a while, and the framed piece of paper, with sketches and notes, resides in Oldenburg’s Moonbot office.

By the time they took it off the shelf, it had been infused with a new vision. Morris Lessmore became not just someone who loves books, but someone who loses his books and rediscovers their power. It was one of the things Joyce saw in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Many Shreveport facilities were turned into shelters after the levee failures. Joyce worked with a group that created “Faces of Katrina,” in which photographers and writers went to shelters to interview the displaced and dispossessed. Shreveport’s Hirsch Memorial Coliseum temporarily housed thousands of people in a huge open space crowded with rows of cots. That’s where he noticed the effect of another relief effort: RIF and First Book’s push to get millions of books in the hands of kids who were without schools.

“These shelters were always bustling with noise,” Joyce says.

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Then Joyce visited New Orleans, and among the debris he saw more books: books caked with mud, loose pages waterlogged, blurred and unreadable, all lying in drifts and piles and where the floodwaters left them.

When he and Oldenburg started working on their film, they built a scale model of a French Quarter block. In the opening scene, Lessmore sits on his second-floor balcony reading, surrounded by stacks of books. Then a wind blows, and as it gets stronger, it blows letters off the pages. Then it carries away whole books. A TV flies by, and on it one can see the spinning hurricane-tracking icon on a weathercaster’s map. Then a man on a bicycle flies by and it looks like the tornado scene from The Wizard of Oz, but in reverse, because in the hurricane’s wake, Lessmore’s world goes gray.

When Lessmore eventually finds refuge, it’s in a library. He goes inside and finds it full of flying books. There also are damaged books, and he sets about repairing them one page at a time.

When Moonbot was created, it didn’t have many animators on staff at first. Joyce and Oldenburg started filming miniatures while they hired staff who could do animation work.

While they were working on the film, Apple introduced the iPad. Joyce and Oldenburg pounced on the idea of an app for the story. They didn’t have programmers, and Enochs reached out to the Louisiana

Louisiana from Economic Development office and was connected with programmers in Shreveport. Their app made the Lessmore story into an e-book experience with interactive elements. The app was named App of the Year before they won the Oscar.

“It was another way to tell a story,” Joyce says. “This has things a book can’t do; things a movie can’t do. You can’t interact with a movie.

You can’t move around what’s on a page. We wanted to see what the thing was capable of. It’s stupid to think of the app experience for a book as putting a book on an app. It’s got all this stuff, so you use this stuff.

“I showed it to Maurice Sendak, and he said ‘I like it. It’s not a book.’

And I said, ‘Well, I didn’t say it’s a book.’ Things we do for apps are not books. They’re stories. Story apps. The idea of flipping the pages on an app is a total waste of what it could do.”

The multimedia life of Lessmore is how many projects develop at Moonbot. They are slated to be issued as books, films, apps or whatever medium suits the creative team, and in whatever order makes sense.

“The purpose of Moonbot is to tell really good stories on multiple platforms,” Enochs says. “Find a great story and find what’s the coolest way to tell it.”

Technology has given Moonbot more control of its work.

“It’s democratization,” Oldenburg says. “We have control. We can push a button and release our story without having to go to a studio or a publisher.”

Joyce believes that reacting to changing technology is necessary and positive.

“Everything’s changing,” he says. “All the paradigms are falling apart right before our eyes. We are just trying to see which ship is going to stay afloat and be able to tell a story in a way that we think is compelling.

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DETAILS people come Jeanea Bandi in, they want to makes a fresh, stay and enjoy no-sugar-added the open doors, fruit smoothie at the background d’Juice. music and the eclectic artwork,” PhOTO By ChEryl GErBEr Jeanea says.

The nature of Patchworks is always changing, and the owners are in the midst of adding another concept to the roster. “Starting Nov. 18 (the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival), we will be launching tsp. (teaspoon), an upscale, imported tea and micro-roast coffee concept,” Jeanea says. “It will evolve over the next few months to incorporate local honeys, jams, chai and other offerings.”

These items include scones, muffins and cake by the slice.

The menu at d’Juice is constantly updated — for example, there are seasonal blends with pumpkin in November. A wide array of fruits and vegetables is always available, including carrots, apples, strawberries, bananas, mangoes, peaches, oranges, blueberries, pears, beets, cucumbers, ginger, celery, kale and spinach.

Jeanea’s favorite customers are the ones who initially scrunch up their faces when she suggests they try a green drink or veggie-smoothie — only to express surprise at how refreshing and delicious these beverages are: “I always kid that once you are hooked — and you will be — you’ll be coming back in saying, ‘Gimme d’Juice!’”

SHopping NEWS Murphy CADILLAC (3100 lime St., Metairie, 504-885-3000; www.murphycadillac.net) celebrates its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. There will be food by Pigeon and root Catering, massages, hand exfoliation treatments and a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon.

Now through Wednesday, Nov. 28, the NEW OrLEANS JAzz & hErITAgE FESTIvAL (www.nojazzfest.com) is accepting applications from artists who want to showcase their wares in its craft areas. Visit the website or www.zapplication.org to apply. There is a $30 application fee.

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ThE FrENCh QuArTEr BuSINESS ASSOCIATION hosts “ShOp AWAy IN ThE vIEux CArrE” Saturday, Nov. 17, a shopping event that will feature discounts, demonstrations, signings by authors and free pedicabs along a designated route in the French Quarter. Visit www.fqba.org for more information. hAuTE BOuTIQuE (725 Magazine St., 504-522-8687; www.hautenola.com) celebrates its one-year anniversary from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. There will be food, music and drinks at the event, which is presented with AlG Style (www.algstyle.net).

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oming home from vacation a couple years ago, Jeanea Bandi and her husband Stephen were brainstorming on how to grow their home businesses: JCB Creations, her cookies and cakes, and Big Easy Woodwork, his reclaimed wood furniture. They decided to open Patchworks Market, a space where they’d not only sell their own products but also offer studios to artists Stephen met through art markets. “We named it Patchworks Market because it was a patchwork of different concepts under one roof,” Jeanea says.

In November 2011, Jeanea opened d’Juice (8237 Oak St., 504-324-9933; www.d-juice.com) in Patchworks Market.

“Our original plan for Patchworks did not have a fresh juice and smoothie component,” Jeanea says. But after leaving a job at a new-to-New Orleans smoothie chain, she decided she wanted to create a local, fresh smoothie alternative. D’Juice specializes in wholefruit smoothies, with no sugars or syrups added, and fresh, made-to-order juices.

Customers are encouraged to create their own blends.

The impetus behind the business came from being a mom, Jeanea says. “I have a 10-year-old son who, like most kids that age, does not like vegetables but loves smoothies. I’m always looking for healthy options for my family. So when I find one, I like to provide it to others.”

The atmosphere at Patchworks is funky, warm and inviting, with local artwork for sale on the walls, comfy chairs and plenty of electrical outlets for those with laptops. “We find that once

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an imaginative exploration of po-boys

High-end po-boys from a bar’s back room.

By Ian McNulty

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n Sunday, the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival (see Fork + Center, right column) puts on a one-day, seven-block showcase testing the outer limits of the city’s famous sandwich, with restaurants offering new and classic versions. In the back of a French Quarter pub, Killer Poboys is conducting advanced experiments in the same field day in and day out.

Some genre standards turn up here, so the menu includes sausage patties, fat shrimp and tender beef in gravy that soaks many napkins. But some practices are discarded. I’ve never spotted shredded iceberg, for instance, and tomatoes have appeared only in early summer when the local Creole variety was too beautiful to ignore.

Cam Boudreaux and April Bellow started Killer Poboys last spring in the galley kitchen of the Erin Rose bar. Both worked in fine dining before tackling the po-boy, and they aren’t the first to go this route. Ben Wicks’ creations at Mahony’s PoBoy Shop and the lunch menu at Boucherie are two prominent examples. Killer Po-boys stands out by grounding itself in po-boy tenets and imaginatively building on them.

The sausage is made from lamb seasoned with a shelf’s worth of Moroccan spices, griddled into crisp patties and dressed with sumac-scented carrots and tzatziki sauce turned green by heavy use of herbs. Sauteed shrimp are surrounded by pickled vegetables, in the manner of banh mi, and all the po-boys are assembled on light, crackling-crisp banh mi bread. The beef, which is grass-fed product from Two Run Farm, is laced with horseradish aioli and crammed so gener-

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ously into its loaf that the bread, wetted by its juices, conforms to it like a wrapper. There always is a vegan po-boy with red bean puree, garlicky chimichurri and Hollygrove vegetables.

The menu is short, though the specials are usually exotic — shrimp, alligator and pork rolled together in meatballs under smoky tomato sauce and Manchego one week, pork belly with Brussels sprouts and pumpkin seed pesto the next.

Irish whiskey makes it into the grilled cheese but does not make it taste like much more than plain old grilled cheese. The “dark and stormy pork,” braised with rum, was the only po-boy I didn’t love, though someone with more of a taste for sweet barbecue might appreciate it.

Killer Poboys gets all types. The nuisances of making destination-worthy food in a bar apply: patrons must be at least 21 to enter, seating is scant and you must tolerate cigarette smoke. But Killer Po-boys has developed a loyal following, including staff from nearby restaurants visiting in uniform post-shift and businesswomen in heels picking up lunch orders and maybe succumbing to a midday cider while they wait.

It all seems proof that if you build a better po-boy, the world — or at least dedicated New Orleans foodies — will beat a path to your door.

Cam Boudreaux will appear on the Nov. 20 broadcast of the Food Network’s cooking competition show Chopped.

Before he and his partners opened The Three Muses (536 Frenchmen St., 504352-4801; www.thethreemuses.com) on Frenchmen Street, chef Dan Esses made his name cooking at several local finedining restaurants. But it was the food of New York City that informed his tastes and grounded his perspective on cuisine.

In the wake of damage done by Hurricane Sandy, the Bronx native is paying tribute to his hometown with a special menu The Three Muses will serve each Thursday in November (excluding Thanksgiving, when the restaurant is closed). It features six dishes and New York-themed cocktails, and the Three Muses has pledged all proceeds from these items to City Harvest (www.cityharvest.org), a nonprofit hungerrelief group in New York that is feeding storm victims. Esses says the contribution is possible because local suppliers agreed to donate ingredients. The benefit menu is a mix of iconic New York dishes.

“This menu is basically my youth,” Esses says of his selections.

His “Arthur Ave. chicken Alfredo” is a tribute to the main drag in the Bronx’s Little Italy, where Esses said his family dined often. “Mott Street lemon chicken page 37

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Po-boys and Pints

April Bellow and Cam Boudreaux prepare gourmet po-boys in the back of the Erin Rose bar.

Benefit for New York at Three Muses

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interview with broccoli” references Manhattan’s Chinatown and late-night meals the chef’s enjoyed at Chinese restaurants after his restaurant shifts.

A corned beef sandwich pays homage to the legendary 2nd Ave. Deli, zeppoles are the chef’s favorite items from the city’s colorful Feast of San Gennaro street festival, and Coney Island hot dogs speak for themselves. And the “Mamaroneck Ave. pizza?” That’s a reference to the address of Sal’s Pizzeria, a font for New York slices that Esses and many others hold in high esteem.

The bar is serving Buffalo Trace Manhattans, Ketel One Cosmopolitans and Abita Fall Fest beer, with all proceeds from these drinks benefiting City Harvest as well. The regular menu also is available.

Creative loafing at the Po-Boy Festival

Milk Bar multiplies

The Milk Bar (1514 Delachaise St., 504-891-9361) is a small but exceptional eatery serving sandwiches, soups and salads just off St. Charles Avenue by Touro Infirmary. It is so popular with college students that the owners opened a

OWNEr, GOUrMET BUTCHEr BLOCK Holiday season signals a busy time for Gourmet Butcher Block (2144 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, 504-392-5700; www.thegourmetbutcherblock.com), a Cajun-style butcher shop known for its turduckens. Many people are now familiar with this creation — a duck stuffed in a chicken stuffed in a turkey, all deboned and layered with dressing. But that wasn’t the case when Mistich and his wife Leah opened their first Gourmet Butcher Block in 1993. Leah hails from Maurice, La., near Lafayette, where her family operates Herbert’s Specialty Meats, a butcher shop known for its turducken. That’s where Glenn learned the tricks of the trade he plies today in Gretna. : What does it take to make a good turducken?

Mistich: We start making them in September and vacuum seal and freeze them, otherwise we could never keep up with demand. You have to cook the dressing, make the sausage for it, everything is from scratch. Then you have to cut everything a certain way and layer it all a certain way and then sew it all back up a certain way. It’s fun, actually, but you have to be really consistent and pay attention. You don’t want to ruin someone’s holiday meal by doing it wrong. : John Madden famously featured your turducken during his NFL broadcasts at the holidays. How did that come about?

M: It almost didn’t happen. Madden heard about the turducken through the guys at WWL (radio) when he was in town for a (New Orleans) Saints game and he asked to get one for the press box. We brought it, but at first the Superdome people didn’t want us to bring in outside food. But we got it in. It took off from there, and he always got one every year after that. He still orders two to this day, even though he’s retired now. : I understand you make something now called the fowl de cochon.

What on earth is this?

M: The fowl de cochon is a deboned pig stuffed with deboned turkey, stuffed with a deboned chicken, stuffed with a deboned duck with dressing all around it. It’s pretty big, it’ll feed 50 people, but we still sell about 30 a month. Especially around big football games. We sold a lot for the LSU-Alabama game.

— IAN MCNULTY

second Milk Bar (710 S. Carrollton Ave., 504-309-3310) within walking distance of Loyola and Tulane’s campuses.

“University kids were half our business,” says Kevin Phayer, the British native who runs the Milk Bar with his Australian-born wife Inta Phayer. “We decided to go closer to the customers who are coming to us and maybe make it easier for our customers from the hospital to get a quick lunch.”

The Phayers first opened the Milk Bar in the 1990s at a spot near Charity Hospital. They sold the business and moved to Australia, but when a yen for the New Orleans lifestyle brought them back a few years later they reopened the Milk Bar in the same spot. That same month, floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina wrecked it, but they later resurrected the place on Delachaise Street.

Both shops serve the same menu, which entails a different soup daily, a few salads and an original and idiosyncratic approach to sandwiches, which are made on oversized round loaves of ciabatta.

One called the “wolf me down” combines roasted lamb, hummus and spinach and the “speared pig” includes asparagus,

ham and hollandaise. You can get roasted chicken with sour cream, mozzarella and a chunky, bright-red, spicy-sweet sauce called Thai chili that is a staple of Australian gastropub grub. The Milk Bar serves a basic breakfast menu of bagels and croissant sandwiches, plus milkshakes, smoothies and coffee drinks.

The new Milk Bar is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The original location keeps the same hours Monday to Friday.

Pizza Delicious opens non pop-up location

The former pizza pop-up restaurant Pizza Delicious opened as a regular restaurant last week. Owners Michael Friedman and Gerg Augarten used a Kickstarter campaign to help open their new space (617 Piety St., 504-676-8482; www.pizzadelicious.com). It has 10 tables and a walkup bar. The menu includes a few standard pies and a couple of daily special pizzasBeer and wine also are available. It is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

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Cafe Di Blasi 1801 Stumpf Blvd., Gretna, (504) 361-3106 www.cafediblasi.com The “misto Italiano” platter features daube, sausage, meatballs and veal.

Cafe Ralphie 5024 W. Esplanade Ave., (504) 889-7770 www.caferalphie.com Daube is a special offering on Wednesdays.

La Divina Gelateria 3005 Magazine St., (504) 3422634; 621 St. Peter St., (504) 302-2692 www.ladivinagelateria.com Get daube in a sandwich with greens and Italian cheeses.

Mandina’s Restaurant 3800 Canal St., (504) 482-9179 www.mandinasrestaurant. com This Creole-Italian stalwart serves it over spaghetti on Wednesdays.

Restaurant R’evolution 777 Bienville St., (504) 5532277 www.revolutionnola.com As a Thursday lunch special, daube is a tribute to the former restaurant Maylie’s.

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Trends, notes, quirks and quotes from the world of food.

“It’s a cop-out of the highest order… a way to make food seem sexy without actually doing anything to that food to make it taste better. It’s the fake boobs of food.”

— Besha rodell, restaurant critic for LA Weekly, ranting about truffle oil in an article titled “The Top 5 Things restaurants Should Never Serve Again.” Also on her list: raspberry vinaigrette, “bourbon-glazed anything,” lobster mac and cheese and wasabi mashed potatoes. ”

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In the way a good challenge can amplify a competitor’s character, the approach planned by the restaurants and vendors participating in the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival is to do what they do best and put it all on a loaf of French bread.

At the festival, attendees can try a Greek eggplant salad po-boy from Mondo, where chef Susan Spicer’s affinity for Mediterranean cuisine is always in evidence. The barbecue-centric Fat Hen Grocery’s entry is the “Big Texan po-boy,” which is essentially a barbecue plate of brisket, smoked sausage and coleslaw turned into a sandwich. The upscale seafood destination GW Fins serves its fried lobster po-boy with remoulade, a sensation that has previously attracted the longest lines and the most fanatic response at the event.

The festival takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, and there are more than 40 vendors representing restaurants and caterers from around town and another dozen representing businesses along Oak Street’s commercial corridor. This latter category ranges from the wine bar Oak and the chef-led burger spot Cowbell. The Japanese-inspired poboys from Ninja are always a standout.

Some new eye-catchers this year include a seafood stuffed artichoke po-boy from Seither’s Seafood in Harahan and Palace Cafe’s “poutine-boy,” combining the old-school French fry po-boy with famously messy Quebecois-style gravy cheese fries.

Festival admission is free. VIP wristbands are available for $100 each, which promises a parking spot, access to a VIP area with open bar, snacks and restrooms, and the option to use (presumably shorter) VIP lines at participating vendors.

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AMERICAN CAFE BEIGNET — 311 Bourbon St., (504) 525-2611; 334B Royal St., (504) 524-5530; www.cafebeignet.com — The Western omelet combines ham, bell peppers, red onion and white cheddar, and is served with grits and French bread. The Cajun hash browns are made with andouille sausage, potatoes, bell peppers and red onions and served with a scrambled egg and French bread. No reservations.

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SOMETHIN’ ELSE CAFE — 620 Conti St., 373-6439; www. somethingelsecafe.com — Combining Cajun flavors and comfort food, Somthin’ Else offers noshing items including shrimp baskets, boudin balls and alligator corn dogs. There are burgers, po-boys and sandwiches on buttered toast. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, late-night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ TED’S FROSTOP — 3100 Calhoun St., (504) 861-3615 — The Lotto burger is a 6-oz. patty served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and Frostop’s secret sauce and cheese is optional.

There are waffle fries and housemade root beer. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ TREASURE ISLAND BUFFET — 5050 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 443-8000; www. treasurechestcasino.com — The all-you-can-eat buffet includes New Orleans favorites including seafood, salad and dishes from a variety of national cuisines. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

BAYOU BEER GARDEN — 326 N. Jefferson Davis Pwky., (504) 302-9357 — Head to Bayou Beer Garden for a 10-oz.

Bayou burger served on a sesame bun. Disco fries are french fries topped with cheese and debris gravy. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner, late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $ DMAC’S BAR & GRILL — 542 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy., (504) 304-5757; www.dmacsbarandgrill.com — Stop in for daily lunch specials or regular items such as gumbo, seafood-stuffed po-boys, burgers or salads. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ DOWN THE HATCH — 1921 Sophie Wright Place, (504) 5220909; www.downthehatchnola. com — The Texan burger features an Angus beef patty topped with grilled onions, smoked bacon, cheddar and a fried egg. The house-made veggie burger is served with sun-dried tomato pesto. Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ RENDON INN’S DUGOUT SPORTS BAR — 4501 Eve St., (504) 826-5605; www.therendoninn.com — The Boudreaux burger combines ground beef, hot sausage and applewoodsmoked bacon on a ciabatta bun with cheese, onions and remoulade. Fresh cut fries are served with Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of truffle oil. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $ THE RIVERSHACK TAVERN — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — This bar and music spot offers a menu of burgers, sandwiches overflowing with deli meats and changing lunch specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ SHAMROCK BAR & GRILL — 4133 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 301-0938 — Shamrock serves an Angus rib-eye steak with a side item, burgers, shrimp or roast beef po-boys, grilled chicken, spinach and artichoke dip and more. No reservations.

Dinner and late night daily. Credit cards. $

BARBECUE BOO KOO BBQ — 3701 Banks St., (504) 202-4741; www. bookoobbq.com — The Boo Koo burger is a ground brisket patty topped with pepper Jack cheese, boudin and sweet chile aioli. The Cajun banh mi fills a Vietnamese roll with hogshead cheese, smoked pulled pork, boudin, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, cucumber, carrot, pickled radish and sriracha sweet chile aioli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.-Sat.

Cash only. $ SAUCY’S — 4200 Magazine St., (504) 301-2755; www. saucysnola.com — Saucy’s serves slow-smoked St. Louisstyle pork ribs, pulled pork, brisket, smoked sausage and grilled chicken. The cochon blue is a sandwich of pulled pork, blue cheese and melted mozzerella on a bun. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BURGERS BEACHCORNER BAR & GRILL — 4905 Canal St., 4887357; www.beachcornerbarandgrill.com — Top a 10-oz. Beach burger with cheddar, blue, Swiss or pepper Jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms or house-made hickory sauce. Other options include a grilled chicken sandwich. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CAFE ANTOINE’S ANNEX — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — The Annex is a coffee shop serving pastries, sandwiches, soups, salads and gelato. The Caprese panino combines fresh mozzarella, pesto, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. The ham and honeyDijon panino is topped with feta and watercress. No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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BREADS ON OAK — 8640 Oak St., Suite A, (504) 3248271; www.breadsonoak.com — The bakery offers a range of breads, muffins, pastries and sweets. Pain au chocolat is a buttery, flakey croissant filled with dark chocolate, and a vegan version also is available. No reservations. Breakfast Thu.-Sun., lunch Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $ CAFE FRERET — 7329 Freret St., (504) 861-7890; www. cafefreret.com — The cafe serves breakfast itemes like the Freret Egg Sandwich with scrambled eggs, cheese and bacon or sausage served on toasted white or wheat bread or an English muffin.

No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Fri.-Wed., dinner Mon.Wed., Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GOTT GOURMET CAFE — 3100 Magazine St., (504) 3736579; www.gottgourmetcafe. com — This cafe serves a variety of gourmet salads, sandwiches, wraps, Chicago-style hot dogs, burgers and more. The cochon de lait panini includes slowbraised pork, baked ham, pickles, Swiss, ancho-honey slaw, honey mustard and chili mayo.

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O’HENRY’S FOOD & SPIRITS — 634 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 866-9741; 8859 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Kenner, (504) 461-9840; www.ohenrys.com — Complimentary peanuts are the calling card of these casual, family friendly restaurants. The menu includes burgers, steaks, ribs, pasta, fried seafood, salads and more. No reservations.

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PARKVIEW CAFE AT CITY PARK — City Park, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9474 — Located in the old Casino Building, the cafe serves gourmet coffee, sandwiches, salads and ice cream till early evening. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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PRAVDA — 1113 Decatur St., (504) 581-1112; www.pravdaofnola.com — Pravda is known for its Soviet kitsch and selection of absinthes, and the kitchen offers pierogies, beef empanadas, curry shrimp salad and a petit steak served with truffle aioli. No reservations. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

CHINESE FIVE HAPPINESS — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935 — The large menu at Five Happiness offers a range of dishes from wonton soup to sizzling seafood combinations served on a hot plate to sizzling Go-Ba to lo mein dishes. Delivery and banquest facilities available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ JUNG’S GOLDEN DRAGON — 3009 Magazine St., (504) 891-8280; www.jungsgoldendragon2.com — Jung’s offers a mix of Chinese, Thai and Korean cuisine. Chinese specialties include Mandarin, Szechuan and Hunan dishes. Grand Marnier shrimp are lightly battered and served with Grand Marnier sauce, broccoli and pecans.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

COFFEE/DESSERT PINKBERRY — 300 Canal St.; 5601 Magazine St., (504) 899-4260; www.pinkberry.com — Pinkberry offers frozen yogurt with an array of wet and dry topping choices including caramel, honey, fruit purees, various chocolates and nuts and more.

There also are fresh fruit parfaits and green tea smoothies. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY BAYONA — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 525-4455; www.bayona. com — House favorites on Chef Susan Spicer’s menu include sauteed Pacific salmon with choucroute and Gewurztraminer sauce and the appetizer of grilled shrimp with black-bean cake and coriander sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ OAK — 8118 Oak St., (504) 302-1485; www.oaknola.com — This wine bar offers small plates and live musical entertainment.

Gulf shrimp fill tacos assembled in house-made corn tortillas with pickled vegetables, avocado and lime crema. The hanger steak bruschetta is topped with Point Reyes blue cheese and smoked red onion marmalade. No reservations. Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

ONE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE — 8132 Hampson St., (504) 301-9061; www.onesl.com — Chef Scott Snodgrass prepares refined dishes like char-grilled oysters topped with Roquefort cheese and a red wine vinaigrette, seared scallops with roasted garlic and shiitake polenta cakes and a memorable cochon de lait.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

CREOLE ANTOINE’S RESTAURANT — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 5814422; www.antoines.com — The restaurant offers a glimpse of what 19th century French Creole dining might have been like.

Signature dishes include oysters Rockefeller, crawfish Cardinal and baked Alaska. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ MELANGE — 2106 Chartres St., (504) 309-7335; www.melangenola.com — Dine on FrenchCreole cuisine in a restaurant and bar themed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy. Lapin au vin is a farm-raised rabbit served with demi-glace, oven-roasted shallots, tomatoes, potatoes and pancetta. Reservations accepted. Dinner daily, brunch Sunday. Credit cards. $$ MONTREL’S BISTRO — 1000 N. Peters St., (504) 524-4747 — This casual restaurant serves Creole favorites. The menu includes crawfish etouffee, boiled crawfish, red beans and rice and bread pudding for dessert. Reservations accepted.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ REDEMPTION — 3835 Iberville St., (504) 309-3570; www.redemption-nola.com — Chef Greg Piccolo’s menu includes dishes such as the crispy avocado cup filled with Louisiana crawfish remoulade. Roasted duck breast is served with red onion and yam hash, andouille, sauteed spinach and grilled Kadota fig jus. Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ STEAMBOAT NATCHEZ — Toulouse Street Wharf, (504) 569-1401; www.steamboatnatchez.com — The Natchez serves Creole cuisine while cruising the Mississippi River.

At dinner, the Paddlewheel porkloin is blackened pork served with Creole mustard sauce or Caribbean butter spiked with Steen’s cane syrup.

Bread pudding is topped with candied pecans and bourbon sauce. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

CUBAN/ CARIBBEAN MOJITOS RUM BAR & GRILL — 437 Esplanade Ave., (504) 252-4800; www.mojitosnola. com — Mojitos serves a mix of Caribbean, Cuban and Creole dishes. Aruba scallops are seared and served with white chocolate chipotle sauce with jalapeno grits and seasonal vegetables. Warm walnut goat cheese is served with yuca chips.

Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$

DELI KOSHER CAJUN NEW YORK DELI & GROCERY — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun. com — This New York-style deli specializes in sandwiches, including corned beef and pastrami that come straight from the Bronx. No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ MARDI GRAS ZONE — 2706 Royal St., (504) 947-8787; www.mardigraszone.com — The 24-hour grocery store has a deli and wood-burning pizza oven.

The deli serves po-boys, salads and hot entrees such as stuffed peppers, beef stroganoff and vegetable lasagna. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and latenight daily. Credit cards. $ MARTIN WINE CELLAR — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie , (504) 896-7350; www.martinwine. com — The wine emporium offers gourmet sandwiches and deli items. The Reuben combines corned beef, melted Swiss, sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye bread. No reservations.

Lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Fri., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ QUARTER MASTER DELI — 1100 Bourbon St., (504) 529-1416; www.quartermasterdeli.com — Slow-cooked pork ribs are coated in house barbecue sauce and served with two sides. Slow-roasted beef is sliced thin, doused in gravy and served on 10-inch French loaves. No reservations. 24 hours daily. Cash only. $

FRENCH FLAMING TORCH — 737 Octavia St., (504) 895-0900; www. flamingtorchnola.com — Chef Nathan Gile’s menu includes pan-seared Maine diver scallops with chimichurri sauce and smoked bacon and corn hash.

Coffee- and coriander-spiced rack of lamb is oven roasted and served with buerre rouge and chevre mashed potatoes. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ MARTINIQUE BISTRO — 5908 Magazine St., (504) 8918495; www.martiniquebistro. com — This French bistro has both a cozy dining room and a pretty courtyard. Try dishes such as Steen’s-cured duck breast with satsuma and ginger demi-glace and stone-ground goat cheese grits. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

GOURMET TO GO BREAUX MART — 315 E. Judge Perez, Chalmette, (504) 262-0750; 605 Lapalco Blvd., Gretna, 433-0333; 2904 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 885-5565; 9647 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, (504) 737-8146; www. breauxmart.com — Breaux Mart prides itself on its “Deli to Geaux” as well as weekday specials. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

INDIAN JULIE’S LITTLE INDIA KITCHEN AT SCHIRO’S — 2483 Royal St., (504) 944-6666;

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Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NIRVANA INDIAN CUISINE — 4308 Magazine St., (504) 8949797 — Serving mostly northern Indian cuisine, the restaurant’s extensive menu ranges from chicken to vegetable dishes.

Reservations accepted for five or more. Lunch and dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$ TAJ MAHAL INDIAN CUISINE — 923-C Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-6859 — The traditional menu features lamb, chicken and seafood served in a variety of ways, including curries and tandoori. Vegetarian options are available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

ITALIAN ANDREA’S RESTAURANT — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant.com — Chef/owner Andrea Apuzzo’s specialties include speckled trout royale which is topped with lump crabmeat and lemon-cream sauce. Capelli D’Andrea combines house-made angel hair pasta and smoked salmon in light cream sauce.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

ITALIAN PIE — 3706 Prytania St., (504) 266-2523; www. italianpie.com — In addition to regular Italian pie pizzas, pastas, salads and sandwiches, this location offers a selection of entrees. Seared tuna comes over a spinach salad with Thai peanut dressing. No reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ MOSCA’S — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 4368950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — This family-style eatery has changed little since opening in 1946. Popular dishes include shrimp Mosca, chicken a la grande and baked oysters Mosca, made with breadcrumps and Italian seasonings. Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$ RED GRAVY — 125 Camp St., (504) 561-8844; www.redgravycafe.com — The cafe serves breakfast items including pancakes, waffles and pastries. At lunch, try meatballs, lasagna and other Italian specialties, panini, wraps, soups and salads. Open Sundays before New Orleans Saints home games. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ VINCENT’S ITALIAN CUISINE — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie,

JAPANESE CHIbA — 8312 Oak St., (504) 826-9119; www.chiba-nola.com — Chiba puts creative local touches on Japanese cuisine. The satsuma strawberry roll bundles scallop, yellowtail, strawberry, mango, jalapeno, wasabi tobiko and tempura flakes and is topped with spicy sauce and satsuma ponzu. Pork belly steamed buns are served with Japanese slaw and pickled onions. Reservations recommended. Lunch Thu.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat., late-night Fri.Sat. Credit cards. $$$ KAKKOII JAPANESE bISTREAUX — 7537 Maple St., (504) 570-6440; www.kakkoii-nola.com — Kakkoii offers traditional sushi, sashimi and Japanese cuisine as well as dishes with modern and local twists. Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun., late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ KYOTO — 4920 Prytania St., (504) 891-3644 — Kyoto’s sushi chefs prepare rolls, sashimi and salads. “Box” sushi is a favorite, with more than 25 rolls. Reservations recommended for parties of six or more. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ MIKIMOTO — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Sushi choices include new and old favorites, both raw and cooked.

The South Carrollton roll includes tuna tataki, avocado and snow crab. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Delivery available. Credit cards. $$ MIYAKO JAPANESE SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro. com — Miyako offers a full range of Japanese cuisine, with specialties from the sushi or hibachi menus, chicken, beef or seafood teriyaki, and tempura. Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ORIGAMI — 5130 Freret St., (504) 899-6532 — Nabeyaki udon is a soup brimming with thick noodles, chicken and vegetables. The long list of special rolls includes the Big Easy, which combines tuna, salmon, white fish, snow crab, asparagus and crunchy bits in soy paper with eel sauce on top. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ ROCK-N-SAKE — 823 Fulton St., (504) 581-7253; www. rocknsake.com — Rock-n-Sake serves traditional Japanese cuisine with some creative twists.

There’s a wide selection of sushi, sashimi and rolls or spicy gyoza soup, pan-fried soba noodles with chicken or seafood and teriyaki dishes. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

WASAbI SUSHI — 900 Frenchmen St., (504) 9439433; 8550 Pontchartrain Blvd., 267-3263; www.wasabinola. com — Wasabi serves a wide array of Japanese dishes. Wasabi honey shrimp are served with cream sauce. The Assassin roll bundles tuna, snow crab and avocado in seaweed and tops it with barbecued eel, tuna, eel sauce and wasabi tobiko. No reservations. Frenchmen Street: Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner daily.

Pontchartrain Boulevard: lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ YUKI IZAKAYA — 525 Frenchmen St., (504) 943-1122; www. facebook.com/yukiizakaya — This Japanese tavern combines a selection of small plates, sake, shochu, live music and Japanese kitsch. Dishes include curries, housemade ramen soups, fried chicken and other specialties.

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MANNING’S — 519 Fulton St., (504) 593-8118; www. harrahsneworleans.com — Named for former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, this restaurant’s game plan sticks to Louisiana flavors.

A cast iron skillet-fried filet is served with two-potato hash, fried onions and Southern Comfort pan sauce. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ RALPH’S ON THE PARK — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 4881000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Popular dishes include baked oysters Ralph, turtle soup and the Niman Ranch New York strip. There also are brunch specials. Reservations recommended. Lunch Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ RESTAURANT R’EVOLUTION — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola. com — Chefs John Folse and Rick Tramanto present a creative take on Creole dishes as well as offering caviar tastings, housemade salumi, pasta dishes and more. “Death by Gumbo” is an andouille- and oysterstuffed quail with a roux-based gumbo poured on top tableside.

Reservations recommended.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$ TOMAS bISTRO — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 5270942 — Tomas serves dishes like semi-boneless Louisiana quail stuffed with applewood-smoked bacon dirty popcorn rice, Swiss chard and Madeira sauce. The duck cassoulet combines duck confit and Creole Country andouille in a white bean casserole. No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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CAFE GIOVANNI — 117 Decatur St., (504) 529-2154; www. cafegiovanni.com — Chef Duke LoCicero serves inventive Italian cuisine and Italian accented contemporary Louisiana cooking.

Shrimp Dukie features Louisiana shrimp and a duck breast marinated in Cajun spices served with tasso-mushroom sauce.

Reservations accepted. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

(504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Try house specialties like vealand spinach-stuffed canneloni.

Bracialoni is baked veal stuffed with artichoke hearts, bacon, garlic and Parmesan cheese and topped with red sauce. Reservations accepted. Chastant Street: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. St. Charles Avenue: lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

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TOMMY’S WINE BAR — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 5254790 — Tommy’s Wine Bar offers cheese and charcuterie plates as well as a menu of appetizers and salads from the neighboring kitchen of Tommy’s Cuisine. No reservations. Lite dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ ZACHARY’S RESTAURANT — 902 Coffee St., Mandeville, (985) 626-7008 — Chef Zachary Watters prepares dishes like redfish Zachary, crabmeat au gratin and Gulf seafood specials.

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Lunch Wed.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$

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BABYLON CAFE — 7724 Maple St., (504) 314-0010; www. babyloncafe.biz —The Babylon platter includes stuffed grape leaves, hummus, kibbeh, rice and one choice of meat: lamb, chicken or beef kebabs, chicken or beef shawarma, gyro or kufta.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ PYRAMIDS CAFE — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — Diners will find authentic, healthy and fresh Mediterranean cuisine featuring such favorites as sharwarma prepared on a rotisserie.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN COUNTRY FLAME — 620 Iberville St., (504) 522-1138 — Country Flame serves a mix of popular Mexican and Cuban dishes. Come in for fajitas, pressed Cuban sandwiches made with hickory-smoked pork and char-broiled steaks or pork chops. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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THE GREEN BURRITO NOLA — 3046 St. Claude Ave., (504) 949-2889; www.facebook.com/ the-green-burrito-nola — The steak burrito features Cajun-spiced beef slow-cooked with bell peppers, banana peppers, onion and squash in a flour, spinach, whole wheat or tomato-basil tortilla with basmati rice and beans. No reservations. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Cash only. $ JUAN’S FLYING BURRITO — 2018 Magazine St., (504) 569-0000; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-9950; www. juansflyingburrito.com — Red chile chicken and goat cheese quesadilla features grilled Creole chicken breast, salsa fresca, chile-lime adobo sauce, and Jack, cheddar and goat cheeses pressed in a flour tortilla. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ LUCY’S RETIRED SURFERS’ BAR & RESTAURANT — 701 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 5238995; www.lucysretiredsurders. com — This surf shack serves California-Mexican cuisine. Todo Santos fish tacos feature grilled or fried mahi mahi in corn or flour tortillas topped with shredded cabbage and shrimp sauce, and are served with rice and beans.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late night Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ SANTA FE — 3201 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-0077 — This ca-

sual cafe serves creative takes on Southwestern cuisine. Bolinos de Bacalau fish cakes made with salted codfish, mashed potatoes, cilantro, lemon juice, green onions and egg and served with smoked paprika aioli. Outdoor seating is available. Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

MUSIC AND FOOD BOMBAY CLUB — 830 Conti St., (504) 586-0972; www. thebombayclub.com — Mull the menu at this French Quarter hideaway while sipping a well made martini. The duck duet pairs confit leg with pepperseared breast with black currant reduction. Reservations recommended. Dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ THE COLUMNS — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — There’s live music in the Victorian Lounge at the Columns. The menu offers such Creole favorites as gumbo and crab cakes and there are cheese plates as well. Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ GAZEBO CAFE — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — The Gazebo features a mix of Cajun and Creole dishes and ice cream daquiris. The New Orleans sampler rounds up jambalaya, red beans and rice and gumbo.

Other options include salads, seafood po-boys and burgers.

No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ HOUSE OF BLUES — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www. hob.com/neworleans — Try the pan-seared Voodoo Shrimp with rosemary cornbread. The buffet-style gospel brunch features local and regional groups.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ THE MARKET CAFE — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — Dine indoors or out on seafood either fried for platters or po-boys or highlighted in dishes such as crawfish pie, crawfish etouffee or shrimp Creole. No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ SIBERIA — 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola.com — The Russki Reuben features corned beef, Swiss cheese, kapusta (spicy cabbage) and Russian dressing on grilled rye bread. Potato and cheese pierogies are served with fried onions and sour cream. No reservations. Dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

NEIGHBORHOOD ARTZ BAGELZ — 3138 Magzine St., (504) 309-7557; www. artzbagelz.com — Artz bakes its bagels in house and options include onion, garlic, honey whole wheat, cinnamon-raisin, salt and others. Get one with a schmear or as a sandwich. Salads also are available. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily. Credit cards. $ KATIE’S RESTAURANT — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity. com — Favorites at this Mid-City restaurant include the Cajun

Cuban with roasted pork, grilled ham, cheese and pickles pressed on buttered bread.

There also are salads, burgers and Italian dishes. Reservations accepted. Lunch daily, Dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ OLIVE BRANCH CAFE — 1995 Barataria Blvd., Marrero, (504) 348-2008; 5145 Gen. de Gaulle Drive, (504) 3931107; www.olivebranchcafe. com — These cafes serve soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and entrees. Chicken and artichoke pasta is tossed with penne in garlic and olive oil. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $$

PIZZA DON FORTUNATO’S PIZZERIA — 3517 20th St., Metairie, (504) 302-2674 — The Sicilian pie is topped with mozzarella, prosciutto, roasted red peppers and kalamata olives. The chicken portobello calzone is filled with grilled chicken, tomato sauce, mozzarella, ricotta, portobello mushrooms and sun-dried tomato mayo. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ MARKS TWAIN’S PIZZA LANDING — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainspizza.com — Disembark at Mark Twain’s for salads, po-boys and pies like the Italian pizza with salami, tomato, artichoke, sausage and basil. No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ NEW YORK PIZZA — 4418 Magazine St., (504) 891-2376; www.newyorkpizzanola.com — Choose from pizza by the slice or whole pie, calzones, pasta, sandwiches, salads and more.

The Big Apple pie is loaded with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms, olives, peppers, Italian sausage and garlic.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ NONNA MIA CAFE & PIZZERIA — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717 — Nonna Mia uses homemade dough for pizza served by the slice or whole pie and offers salads, pasta dishes and panini. Gourmet pies are topped with ingredients like pancetta, eggplant, portobello mushrooms and prosciutto. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ THEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www. theospizza.com — Choose a specialty pie or build your own from the selection of more than two-dozen toppings. Also serving salads and sandwiches. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ WIT’S INN — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600 — This Mid-City bar and restaurant features pizzas, calzones, toasted subs, salads and appetizers for snacking. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS DRESS IT — 535 Gravier St., (504) 571-7561 — Get gourmet burgers and sandwiches

OUT to EAT dressed to order. Original topping choices include everything from sprouts to black bean and corn salsa to peanut butter.

Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ KILLER POBOYS — 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www. killerpoboys.com — At the back of Erin Rose, Killer Poboys offers a short and constantly changing menu of po-boys. The Dark and Stormy features pork shoulder slowly braised with ginger and Old New Orleans Spiced Rum and is dressed with house-made garlic mayo and lime cabbage.

No reservations. Lunch and dinner Wed.-Sun. Cash only. $ MAGAZINE PO-BOY SHOP — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — Choose from a long list of po-boys filled with everything from fried seafood to corned beef to hot sausage to veal. There are breakfast burritos in the morning and daily lunch specials. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ MAHONY’S PO-BOY SHOP — 3454 Magazine St., (504) 899-3374; www.mahonyspoboys.com — Mahoney’s serves original po-boys like the Peacemaker, filled with fried oysters, bacon and cheddar cheese.

There are daily lunch specials as well. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PARRAN’S PO-BOYS — 3939 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, (504) 885-3416; www.parranspoboy.com — Parran’s offers a long list of po-boys, muffulettas, club sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, salads, fried seafood plates and Creole-Italian entrees. The veal supreme features a cutlet topped with Swiss cheese and brown gravy. No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner Thu.-Sat. Credit cards. $

THE STORE — 814 Gravier St., (504) 322-2446; www.thestoreneworleans.com — The Store serves sandwiches, salads and hot plates, and there is a taco bar where patrons can choose their own toppings. Red beans and rice comes with grilled andouille and a corn bread muffin. No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $$

SEAFOOD GALLEY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT — 2535 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-0955 — Blackened redfish is served with shrimp and lump crabmeat sauce, vegetables and new potatoes. The soft-shell crab po-boy is the same one served at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ GRAND ISLE — 575 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 5208530; www.grandislerestaurant. com — The Isle sampler is a

NEW ORLEANS HAMBURGER & SEAFOOD CO. — citywide; www.nohsc.com — Menus vary by location but generally include burgers, salads, po-boys, fried seafood and New Orleans favorites. The thin fried catfish platter comes with wedge-cut garlic-herb fries, hush puppies and Mardi Gras coleslaw. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ RED FISH GRILL — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Seafood favorites include hickory-grilled redfish, pecan-crusted catfish, alligator sausage and seafood gumbo. Barbecue oysters are flash fried, tossed in Crystal barbecue sauce and served with blue cheese dressing. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ VILLAGE INN — 9201 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 737-4610 — Check into Village Inn for seasonal boiled seafood or raw oysters.

Other options include fried seafood platters, po-boys, pasta and pizza. Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

SOUL FOOD BIG MOMMA’S CHICKEN AND WAFFLES — 5741 Crowder Blvd., (504) 241-2548; www.bigmommaschickenandwaffles.com — Big Momma’s serves hearty combinations like the six-piece which includes a waffle and six fried wings served crispy or dipped in sauce. Breakfast is served all day. All items are cooked to order. No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

STEAKHOUSE CHOPHOUSE NEW ORLEANS — 322 Magazine St., (504) 522-7902; www. chophousenola.com — This steakhouse serves USDA prime beef and a selection of supersized cuts includes a 40-oz.

Porterhouse for two. The menu also features seafood and a la carte side items. Reservations recommended. Diner daily.

Credit cards. $$$ CRESCENT CITY STEAKS — 1001 N. Broad St., (504) 821-3271; www.crescentcitysteaks.com — Order USDA prime beef dry-aged and hand-cut in house. There are porterhouse steaks large enough for two.

Bread pudding with raisins and peaches is topped with brandy sauce. Reservations accepted.

Lunch Tue.-Fri. and Sun., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

TAPAS/SPANISH MIMI’S IN THE MARIGNY — 2601 Royal St., (504) 872-9868 — The decadant Mushroom Manchego Toast is a favorite here. Or enjoy hot and cold tapas dishes ranging from grilled marinated artichokes to calamari. Reservations accepted for large parties.

Dinner and late-night Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ SANTA FE TAPAS — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-9915 — Seared jumbo scallops are served with mango and green tomato pico de gallo. Gambas al ajillo are jumbo shrimp with garlic, shallots, chilis and cognac.

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VEGA TAPAS CAFE — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe. com — Paella de la Vega combines shrimp, mussels, chorizo, calamari, scallops, chicken and vegetables in saffron rice.

Pollo en papel features chicken, mushrooms, leeks and feta in phyllo pastry. Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

THAI SUKHO THAI — 4519 Magazine St., (504) 373-6471; 1913 Royal St., (504) 948-9309; www.sukhothai-nola.com — Whole deep-fried redfish is topped with fried shrimp and scallops and served with vegetables and three-flavored chili sauce. No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$

VIETNAMESE AUGUST MOON — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www. moonnola.com — August Moon serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. There are spring rolls and pho soup as well as vegetarian options. Delivery available. No reservations.

Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ CAFE MINH — 4139 Canal St., (504) 482-6266; www. cafeminh.com— The watermelon crabmeat martini is made with diced watermelon, Louisiana crabmeat, avocado, jalapenos and cilantro and comes with crispy shrimp chips. Seafood Delight combines lobster tail, scallops, jumbo shrimp and grilled vegetables in a sake soy reduction. Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ DOSON NOODLE HOUSE —135 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-7283 — Traditional Vietnamese pho with pork and beef highlight the menu. The vegetarian hot pot comes with mixed vegetables, tofu and vermicelli rice noodles. No reservations.

Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards and checks. $$ LE VIET CAFE — 2135 St. Charles Ave., (504) 304-1339 — The cafe offers pho, banh mi, spring rolls and rice and noodle dishes. Pho is available with chicken, brisket, rare beef or meatballs and comes with basil, bean sprouts and jalapenos.

Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ PHO TAU BAY RESTAURANT — 113 Westbank Expwy., Suite C, Gretna, (504) 368-9846 — You’ll find Vietnamese beef broth and noodle soups, vermicelli dishes, seafood soups, spring rolls with peanut sauce and more. No reservations.

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SLICE — 1513 St. Charles Ave., 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — Slice is known for pizza on thin crusts made from 100 percent wheat flour. Other options include the barbecue shrimp po-boy made with Abita Amber and the shrimp Portofino, a pasta dish with white garlic cream sauce, shrimp and broccoli. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

combination of three varieties of stuffed oysters: tasso, Havarti and jalapeno; house-made bacon, white cheddar and carmelized onions; and olive oil, lemon zest and garlic. The baked Gulf fish is topped with chili butter and served with local vegetables and herb-roasted potatoes. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

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ville Transitory Theatre company for its Fringe show.

This year, Southern Rep is producing a new play, Steve Yockey’s Wolves, at a Fringe venue. Yockey wrote the piece when he visited Southern Rep for the premiere of his unconventional drama Afterlife: A Ghost Story.

Matthew Hancock is a writer/director who moved to New Orleans after bringing a show to Fringe last year. His then Brooklyn-based company presented a spaghetti Western genre spoof called My Aim Is True at the Mudlark Public Theatre.

“Almost immediately after the show, I decided I was going to move here,” Hancock says. He arrived just in time for Hurricane Isaac.

This year, several of the same actors are making the trip to the Fringe to be in his new show Helpless Doorknobs, a horror film genre spoof. It’s based on a deck of cards with cryptic messages and illustrations created by Edward Gorey.

“We’ve had a few rehearsals on Skype,” Hancock says. One of the performers in both plays is enrolled in graduate school at Tulane University, so the company straddles the divide. But Hancock is here to stay. After the Fringe, he will begin work on new local productions.

Fringe-managed venues. Other Medea is presented as a shows apply to be in the festival surreal one-woman show as independent producers who combining theater, colorful make their own venue arrangemasks and dance and martial ments (called BYOV). There’s a arts movement. full schedule of shows and venues at www.nofringe.org.

The festival also includes other New Orleans NOV events, such as a kid-friendly Fringe Festival parade in Bywater and a yard art show. The Free For All tent at Various locations; Press and Dauphine streets hosts www.nofringe.org show previews, live music and other activities.

Below are some of highlights of the 2012 New Orleans Fringe Festival.

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The Collector (9 p.m. Wed., 5 p.m. Fri., 9 p.m. Sat., 11 p.m. Sun.; The Old Firehouse, 718 Mandeville St.) San Diego’s Animal Cracker Conspiracy presents The Collector, a tale about a debt collector who must do the bidding of a heartless overseer and reconsiders the cost to his spirit. The story is told with puppets, toy theater and stop-motion film.

(9 p.m. Thu.-Fri., 5 p.m. Sat., 7 p.m. Sun.; Mardi Gras Zone — warehouse, Architect Street at Port Street)

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eattle circus arts and theater performer Elizabeth Rose applied to the 2011 New Orleans Fringe Festival incidentally. After the debut of her threewoman aerial dance piece Domestic Variations, she was browsing theater news websites and saw a posting for Fringe applicants.

“I thought, ‘Hey, this will be a great excuse to put together a highlight reel of the show’ — because the deadline was coming,” Rose says.

She finished the video and sent it with an application. The piece was accepted, and then Rose had to face some other obstacles. She had no money to bring performers or equipment to New Orleans, and the other two performers couldn’t go, so she had to recast the show. Still, she brought the piece to New Orleans and it was one of the highlights of the festival.

This year, she’s bringing a new show, and in June, she’ll have even more to cart to New Orleans. She’s moving here with her family.

“It wasn’t just the festival, it was the climate,” she says by phone from her Seattle studio. “The festival was a product of a larger community. When I realized that, I thought, “Oh wow, this is incredible. …

[New Orleans] is fostering trailblazers.’”

The New Orleans Fringe Festival marks its fifth anniversary this year. It has grown to nearly 70 shows, including many by out-of-town performers returning with new shows, and some by new New Orleanians.

The festival has become a draw for theater people, and it’s helping the local theater community grow.

“I get two or three messages or emails a week from people who want to come to New Orleans,” says Southern Rep artistic director Aimee Hayes.

“They mention things like the theater scene, the Fringe and Southern Rep.” She gets inquiries from actors, directors, writers, costuming and tech people and others.

Fringe festivals are marked by their freewheeling embrace of alternative theater and genre mashups of circus arts, dance, puppetry, comedy, music and whatever else can be combined into an hour-long show. But there are no hard and fast boundaries between Fringe and established theater companies like Southern Rep. Two years ago, Southern Rep entered a show in the Fringe as an independent venue. Last year, it lent its space to the St. Francis-

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Portland, Ore.’s Wonderheads present an award-winning wordless comedy in full mask about an old woman who has no intentions of letting Death take her anytime soon. He comes calling and they battle it out. The troupe is known for its whimsical full masks.

New Mexico’s Button Wagon presents Trash Rabbit.

Helpless Doorknobs (9 p.m. Wed., 11 p.m. Thu., 7 p.m. Fri., 1 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Sat., 1 & 7 p.m. Sun.; Mudlark Public Theatre, 1200 Port St.) Both a dark comedy and horror-genre spoof, Helpless Doorknobs is based on a deck of cards created by Edward Gorey. Each card had a cryptic illustration and a short and foreboding text, like “Alfred returned from the Arctic.” Alfred’s dreams are as haunted as his manor home full of shadows and lurking strangers. The creators of the show presented the hilarious spaghetti Western genre spoof My Aim Is True at last year’s festival.

Instant Misunderstanding (9 p.m. Wed., 7 p.m. Fri., 11 p.m. Sat., 9 p.m. Sun.; Den of Muses, Architect Street at Port Street.)

Will Bowling and Christopher Kaminstein of Goat in the Road Productions have created and starred in a couple of hilarious comedies about people caught under the weight and grand arc of history and politics. In Whatever Just Happened, Didn’t Happen they sifted through thousands of pages of testimony about President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. In Our Man, they worked as radio announcers reimagining President Ronald Reagan’s imagined war heroics. They are back as odd brothers with the same name drinking tea and negotiating digital age technology and anxiety.

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Lovely Picnic (4 p.m. Thu.-Sun.; Clouet Gardens, 710 Clouet St.) Elizabeth Rose, creator of last year’s stunning aerial dance piece Domestic Variations, returns with a onewoman aerial show. In this whimsically costumed piece, she sets up a fancy picnic and sings as she prepares for a special rendezvous. She is accompanied by two musicians sitting in a tree above her in this outdoor piece.

Medea (9 p.m. Wed., 11 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., 5 p.m. Sun.; Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St.) The company that presented an avant-garde version of Mephisto at the 2010 Fringe is back with Medea. Again, Natsumi Sugiyama performs solo, playing a handful of characters in an adaptation of Euripedes’ account of the woman spurned by the hero Jason. The surreal piece incorporates dance and martial arts movement, beautiful masks and a minimalist script in exploring the tale of vengeance.

Orleans homes and killed people with hatchets he found on the premises, suggesting he knew something about the residents and their belongings. No one really knew if it was the same killer or copy cats, and a local reporter fought to exonerate several men accused of the crime amid the haze of public panic. The Mudlark Puppeteers explore the true crime story with rod and shadow puppets, a live jazz band and music from the era.

The Rub (7 p.m. Thu., 5 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., 11 p.m. Sun.; Den of Muses, Architect Street at Port Street) The Tremor Theatre group takes Hamlet as a template and instead of a prince wondering what has become of his kingdom recasts it as contemporary young people questioning what kind of corrupted world they are inheriting, referencing everything from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street.

Trash Rabbit (7 p.m. Thu., 5 p.m. Fri., 9 p.m. Sat., 11 p.m. Sun., Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St.) The scruffy duo of New Mexico’s Button Wagon, contortionist/mime Ember Bria and object illusionist Matthew “Poki” McCorkle, return with Trash Rabbit, another physical theater piece exploring freedom, poverty, religion, garbage and guns. The piece presents some stark and bleak imagery and there is some nudity in the show.

The Mysterious Axeman’s Jazz (11 p.m. Wed., 9 p.m. Thu.-Fri., 3 p.m. & 11 p.m. Sat., 5 p.m. & 9 p.m. Sun.; Mudlark Public Theatre, 1200 Port St.) In the early days of jazz, a murderer sneaked into New

In the 2009 Fringe, Jenny Sargent’s Canarsie Suite featured a couple of questionably talented female performers striking out for the frontier of the old West in a vaudevillian comedy full of physical humor. Sargent is back with another rambunctious comedy. In Under the Skiff, two women wait in an immigration office in a strange country, hoping to get their papers approved, only to be thwarted by the great and small requirements of the bureaucracy.

Under the Skiff (9 p.m. Wed., 7 p.m. Thu., 11 p.m. Fri., 9 p.m. Sat., 7 p.m. Sun.; AllWays Lounge & Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave.)

The Vanities of the Poor (4:45 p.m. Thu.-Sun.; 1009 Harrison Ave.) In this remade Grimm’s tale, Death becomes a godparent to a poor man’s child and struggles as the child follows his own path. The musical features ’60s-era fashion and original music reflecting the same period, and although the work takes place outdoors, it’s set in a bar, and a rolling bar follows the production. It’s the work of Nina Nichols and Case Miller, who created the rock opera The Lead Paint Libretto, a wonderful show from the 2010 Fringe.

Wolves (7 p.m. Wed., 11 p.m. Fri., 9 p.m. Sat., 5 p.m. Sun., Den of Muses, Architect Street at Port Street) Playwright Steve Yockey premiered his full-length drama Afterlife: A Ghost Story at Southern Rep in fall 2010.

It explored grief in an abstract and horror-genre like treatment. While in New Orleans, he wrote Wolves, a show combining fables, horror and comedy as someone brings home the Big Bad Wolf for a one night stand and the situation gets messy. Southern Rep presents the show at a Fringe venue.

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(9 p.m. Wed., 5 p.m. Thu., 9 p.m. Sat., 7 p.m. Sun.; Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Ave.) Stage and cinema meet in this love story. Brooklyn’s Anonymous Ensemble recounts the affairs of Tall Hilda, a diva looking for love. The piece incorporates interactive theater and filming using a green screen to create the effect of an old Hollywood silver screen blockbuster.

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MUSIC listings

tea project, 8; Curren$y’s Jet lounge, 11

Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Kipori woods, 5; irvin mayfield’s noJo Jam, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Chip wilson, 9 Maple Leaf Bar — rootstock 2 feat. le brasseurs, Corey ledet & his Zydeco band, soul express band, 10

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TUeSDAY 13 AllWays Lounge — wasted lives, 9 Banks Street Bar — Carlos barrientos & friends, 9 Blue Nile — redrawblack, 10 BMC — eudora evans & Deep soul, 8 Bombay Club — monty banks, 6 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — paul longstreth, 5 Chickie Wah Wah — tommy malone, 8 Columns Hotel — John rankin, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — norbert slama, 9:30 Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30 Howlin’ Wolf — face to face, 9 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Khari allen lee & the new Creative Collective, 8 Maple Leaf Bar — rebirth brass band, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill — Jenna mcswain & friends, 6; Chris polacek & friends, 9:30 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — boomboxface, 7; michael liuzza, 8; Cold Country, 9 Old Point Bar — Josh garrett & the bottom line, 8 Old U.S. Mint — navy band new orleans, 3 Preservation Hall — preservation Hall-stars feat. shannon powell, 8

Spotted Cat — andy J. forest, 4; meschiya lake & the little big Horns, 6; shotgun Jazz band, 10 Tipitina’s — Dr. Dog, Cotton Jones, 9

WeDneSDAY 14 Banks Street Bar — major bacon, 10 Bistreaux — aaron lopezbarrantes, 7 Bombay Club — monty banks, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — natasha sanchez, 7 Cafe Negril — sam Cammarata & Dominick grillo, 7:30; another Day in paradise, 9:30 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — matt lemmler, 4:30; sasha masakowski Quartet, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — meschiya lake & tom mcDermott, 8 Circle Bar — Jim o. & the no shows, 6 Columns Hotel — andy rogers, 8 The Cove at University of New Orleans — mark braud, 7 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6 The Cypress — born of osiris, Unearth, the Contortionist, obey the brave, wolves at the gate, 7 d.b.a. — tin men, 7; Johnny sansone & the roadmasters, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — leah rucker, 9:30 Funky Pirate — blues masters feat. big al Carson, 8:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — tintypes, michael James & His lonesome, 8

Ralph’s on the Park — Jeffrey pounds, 5

House of Blues — social Distortion, lindi ortega, biters, 8

Rivershack Tavern — ed wills, 7

House of Blues (Parish) — ed roland & His sweet

Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — trevor mcfadden, 9; Josh lyons, 10 Old U.S. Mint — John royen, noon Palm Court Jazz Cafe — tom sancton & palm Court Jazz band, 7 Preservation Hall — preservation Hall Jazz band feat. mark braud, 8 Ralph’s on the Park — larry sieberth, 5 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Johnny J & the Hitmen feat. Derek Huston, 8:30 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Delfeayo marsalis & the Uptown Jazz orchestra, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — sarah mcCoy, 4; orleans 6, 6; st. louis slim & the frenchmen street Jug band, 10 Three Muses — trevor mcspadden, 4:30; schatzy, 7

THURSDAY 15 AllWays Lounge — Hannah Kb band, alexandra scott & natalie mae, 10 Banks Street Bar — isla nola, 9 Bayou Beer Garden — walter “wolfman” washington, 8 Bistreaux — aaron lopezbarrantes, 7 Blue Nile — micah mcKee & little maker, 7 Bombay Club — monty banks trio, 6 Buffa’s Lounge — aurora nealand, 8 Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge — David torkanowksy, 4:30; george french trio feat. ellen smith, 8 Chickie Wah Wah — michelle shocked, 8 Circle Bar — Dino’s boys, Cy barkley, poots, 10 Columns Hotel — Kristina morales, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — new orleans streetbeat, 6 Davenport Lounge — Jeremy Davenport, 5:30 d.b.a. — Jon Cleary, 7; ernie Vincent & the top notes, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — wendell brunious, 9:30 page 51

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Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — stanton moore, David torkanowsky & James singleton, 8 & 10

Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill — Jayna morgan & the sazerac sunrise band, 6; the business, 9:30

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Four Points by Sheraton — DeSantis Duo, 6 Funky Pirate — Blues Masters feat. Big Al Carson, 8:30 Irvin Mayfield’s I Club — Glen David Andrews, 8; Wild Magnolias feat. Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, 10

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Oak — Christina Perez, 9 Ogden Museum of Southern Art — Blue Mountain, 6 Old Point Bar — Upstarts, 6; Dave Hickey & Willie Bonham, 9 One Eyed Jacks — Wheeler Brothers, Emory Quinn, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Clive Wilson & Crescent City Joymakers, 7 Preservation Hall — Survivors Brass Band feat. Jeffery Hills, 8 Ralph’s on the Park — Jeffrey Pounds, 5

Singer/songwriter Michelle Shocked was arrested at an Occupy Los Angeles event last year. This year, she’s on her own Roccupy tour, which stops at Chickie Wah Wah Thursday.

Rock ’N’ Bowl — Chubby Carrier, 8:30

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Siberia — Nasimiyu, Ladybabymiss, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Mark Braud Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Sarah McCoy, 4; Miss Sophie Lee, 6; Jumbo Shrimp, 10 St. Roch Tavern — J.D. & the Jammers, 8:30 Three Muses — Tom McDermott, 4:30; Luke Winslow King, 7:30 Vaughan’s — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 8:30

FRIDAY 16 8 Block Kitchen & Bar — Anais St. John, 9 Andrea’s Capri Blu Lounge — “Uncle” Wayne Daigrepont, 7 Banks Street Bar — Smashing Blonde, 8; Egg Yolk Jubilee, 10 Bayou Beer Garden — Mo Jelly Band, 8:30 Bistreaux — Aaron LopezBarrantes, 7 Blue Nile — John Lisi & Delta Funk, 7; Soul Project, 10; Big Sam’s Funky Nation, 11

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Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Damn Hippies, 7; Mike True, 10 Oak — Billy Iuso, 9 Old Point Bar — Rick Trolsen, 5; Upstarts, 6; Spaceheaters, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Tyrone Chambers, 2 One Eyed Jacks — Rotary Downs, Lagniappe Brass Band, 9 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Preservation Hall — Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat.

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Saturn Bar — Parasite D.I.Y. Skate Park benefit feat. Guitar Lightnin’ Lee & His Thunder Band, Spickle, DJ Michael Bateman, 10 Siberia — Nick Jaina, The Happy Talk Band, Stacks, 9 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Herlin Riley Quintet, 8 & 10 Spotted Cat — Andy J. Forest, 4; Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 6; Cottonmouth Kings, 10 Three Muses — Jenna McSwain, 4; Royal Roses, 6; Zazou City, 9 Tipitina’s — Kermit Ruffins, Ingrid Lucia, 9 Tulane University — Uncle Lucius, 8 Windsor Court Hotel (Cocktail Bar) — Shannon Powell Trio, 5

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Maple Leaf Bar — Joel Harrison, Khris Royal, Joe Ashlar, Chris Severin, Jamison Ross, 10 Mojitos Rum Bar & Grill — Some Like It Hot, 12:30; Emily Estrella & Faux Barrio Billionaires, 4; Soulabilly Swampboogie Band, 7:30; Fuego Fuego, 11:30 Oak — Hazy Ray, 9 Old Point Bar — Gal Holiday, 9:30 Old U.S. Mint — Carl LeBlanc, 2 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Lionel Ferbos & Palm Court Jazz Band, 7 Preservation Hall — Jazz Heavyweights, 8 Ritz-Carlton — Catherine Anderson, 1 Rivershack Tavern — Mrz Crowley, 10 Rock ’N’ Bowl — Bonerama, 9:30 Siberia — EYEHATEGOD, Mountain of Wizard, The Snake & Pony Show, 10 Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro — Astral Project, 8 & 10

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Now ShowiNg ALEX CROSS (PG-13) — a police detective’s (tyler perry) investigation of a hitman gets personal when the killer (matthew fox) kills the detective’s wife to send a message. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9 ARGO (R) — ben affleck directs the political drama based on tony mendez’s account of the rescue of six U.s. diplomats from tehran, iran during the 1979 iran hostage crisis. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 14

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CLOUD ATLAS (R) — the ambitious sci-fi epic based on the David mitchell novel follows connecting storylines from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 14 EASY MONEY (R) — a lower class business student trying to keep up with the stockholm elite gets lured into crime. Chalmette Movies FLIGHT (R) — Denzel washington, Don Cheadle, melissa leo and others star in the drama about a troubling discovery surrounding a pilot’s emergency landing. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 14 FUN SIZE (PG-13) — a teen’s plan to attend a Hal-

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, The House I Live In has a simple message that no one can successfully deny: whatever damage illicit drugs have done to individuals, communities and American society at large in recent decades, the politically fueled and now 40-year-old “War on Drugs” has only made the damage far worse.

Writer/director Eugene Jarecki takes almost two hours to trace the history of drug laws in America while painting a personal portrait of families torn apart across generations by a vicious cycle of incarceration, economic hardship and despair. the whole thing may resonate more on one side of the political spectrum, but the film provides ample evidence that this particular issue has never been about red and blue. President Richard Nixon launched the War on Drugs in 1971 to lift his sagging pre-election poll numbers even though drug-related crimes were actually on the decline. Vintage clips reveal that Bill Clinton and even a young Joe Biden chose the same path to easy political gain when they felt they needed it.

The House I Live In blends archival footage and new interviews with everyone from drug dealers to academic experts, and it does an excellent job of demonstrating how drug laws have always been enacted and selectively enforced to marginalize Americans along racial and economic lines. the numbers are beyond compelling: although the War on Drugs has cost $1 trillion and increased our prison population by 700 percent, drug use in America remains unchanged. And it’s nothing short of shocking to learn that there are more African Americans under correctional control today than were enslaved in America in 1850, a decade before the start of the Civil War. Entire American towns and regions have become dependent on for-profit prisons — and a constant flow of new prisoners, often incarcerated for life for non-violent drug crimes — to maintain economic viability.

Jarecki transcends the statistics by collecting stories from people from his own past whose lives have been destroyed by the system. If he serves as the soul of the film, it’s David Simon, creator of HBO’s Treme and The Wire, who becomes its conscience. Simon spent 10 years covering the War on Drugs for The Baltimore Sun and he pops up repeatedly here, always imploring us to be honest with ourselves about the destructive nature of our draconian laws. He winds up describing the drug war as “a holocaust in slow motion.” It’s powerful stuff, and not to be missed by anyone interested in understanding the social ills that plague us today as never before. — KEN KORMAN

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Canal Place PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 (R) — Picking up where the last installment of the foundfootage horror franchise left off, a new family experiences paranormal events in their home. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG-13) — Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller star in the film adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s young adult novel about an outcast who’s embraced by two eccentric classmates. AMC Palace 20 PITCH PERFECT (PG-13) — A rebellious student (Anna Kendrick) is determined to update a college a capella group’s repertoire before a championship event. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14

SINISTER (R) — A true-crime novelist (Ethan Hawke) discovers in his new house home movies depicting the previous residents’ murders, putting him and his family in the path of a supernatural entity. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 SKYFALL (PG-13) — Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the spy thriller. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 TAKEN 2 (PG-13) — The sequel to the 2008 thriller finds a retired intelligence agent (Liam Neeson) dealing with the same criminals who once abducted his daughter. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) — A forgotten video game character (voiced by John C. Reilly) goes on a journey across generations of arcade games to prove he can be a hero. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC

OPENING FRIDAY LINCOLN (PG-13) — Steven Spielberg’s biopic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART II (PG-13) — In the fifth and final installment of the series, Bella and Edward must protect their child from a vampire coven.

sPEcIAl scREENINGs “BIG FUN IN THE BIG TOWN” AND “GRAFFITI ROCK” — The double feature includes Big Fun in the Big Town, a 1986 documentary about the burgeoning New York hip-hop scene, and Graffiti Rock, a hip-hop TV show with only one pilot episode features performances by Run DMC, Kool Moe Dee and Special K of the Treacherous Three and others. The screening is part of DJ Soul Sister’s Musically Speaking series. Free admission. 6 p.m. Sunday.

DEPARTURES (PG-13) — A cellist takes a job preparing corpses for burial after his orchestra disbands, and he tries to keep his profession a secret until someone close to him dies. The screening is part of the NOLA Japanese Cinema Series. Free admission. 7 p.m.

Monday, Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave.; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER (NR) — The theater screens a 3-D version of the Alfred Hitchcock crime thriller. 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891-2787; www.theprytania.com A LIAR’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON’S GRAHAM CHAPMAN (NR) — One of the founding members of the comedy group wrote and stars in the factually dubious animated movie of his own life story.

Tickets $8 general admission, $7 students and seniors, $6 members. 5:30 p.m. and 7:30p.m. Friday-Monday, then nightly through Nov. 22, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www. zeitgeistinc.net MIAMI CONNECTION (NR) — In the so-bad-it’s-good classic, a crime fighting synth rock band tries to take down the Orlando drug trade. Midnight Friday-Saturday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 8912787; www.theprytania.com

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (NR) — In the 1947 film, a kind old man playing Santa Claus at a Macy’s department store claims he is really Kris Kringle. 10 a.m. Sunday Nov. 21, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891-2787; www. theprytania.com NOBODY WALKS (R) — A young artist from New York (Oliva Thirlby) moves in with friends of a friend (Rosemarie DeWitt and John Krasinski) to work on a project, and her presence subtly shifts the family dynamic. Tickets $8 general admission, $7 students and seniors, $6 members.

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ANTIEAU GALLERY. 927 Royal St., 304-0849; www. antieaugallery.com — “A Good Defense,” works by Beth Bojarski, through January.

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DUTCH ALLEY ARTIST’S CO-OP GALLERY. 912 N. Peters St., 412-9220; www. dutchalleyonline.com — Anniversary art show and reception, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

LEMIEUX GALLERIES. 332 Julia St., 522-5988; www. lemieuxgalleries.com — “The Symphony Inside Her,” works

by Nathan Durfee, through Dec. 29. Opening reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.

M.S. RAU ANTIQUES. 630 Royal St., 523-5660; www.rauantiques.com — “Impressionism: Influences and Impact,” paintings by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, through Jan. 4.

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WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER. Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., 523-4662; www.hnoc. org — “Ma Louisiane: What Makes Louisiana French?” an exhibit of photographs from the Alliance Francaise of New Orleans’ contest, through Nov. 24. Opening Wednesday.

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A GALLERY FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHY. 241 Chartres St., 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “Moonshine & Stratum Lucidum,” photographs by Louviere + Vanessa; “Salt and Time,” photographs

by Shelby Lee Adams; both through December.

ACADEMY GALLERY. 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111 — Annual miniature exhibition, through Dec. 1.

ANGELA KING GALLERY. 241 Royal St., 524-8211; www. angelakinggallery.com — Works

by Steven Kenny, Paul Tamanian, Edward Povey and Rick Lazes, through November.

ARIODANTE GALLERY. 535 Julia St., 524-3233 — Paintings by Lynn Wessell, jewelry

by Chester Allen, found object lighting and furniture by Abe Geasland and works by Kathy Schorr, through November.

ART HOUSE ON THE LEVEE. 4725 Dauphine St., 2478894 — “Hanging P-Aintings” and “No More Sycamore” by Robert Tannen. By appointment only through Tuesday.

ARTHUR ROGER GALLERY. 432 Julia St., 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Against the Tide,” paintings and mixed media by Jacqueline Bishop; “Send it On Down,” photographs by Deborah Luster; both through Dec. 22.

BARRISTER’S GALLERY. 2331 St. Claude Ave., 5252767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Volatilia,” a group show of Automata artists curated by Myrtle von Damitz III; “American Ecstasy,” photographs by Barbara Nitke, through Dec. 2.

BENEITO’S ART. 3618 Magazine St., 891-9170; www.bernardbeneito.com — Oil paintings by Bernard Beneito, ongoing.

BERTA’S AND MINA’S ANTIQUITIES GALLERY. 4138 Magazine St., 895-6201 — “New Orleans Loves to Second Line All the Time,” works

by Nilo and Mina Lanzas; works by Clementine Hunter, Noel Rockmore and others; all ongoing.

BIG BUNNY FINE ART. 332 Exchange Alley, 309-2444; www.lineartgallery.com — “Old Enough For Ghosts,” works by Greg Gieguez, Steve Lohman, Sarah Nelson and Hanneke Relyea, ongoing.

CALLAN CONTEMPORARY. 518 Julia St., 525-0518; www. callancontemporary.com — “Rouville,” works by George Dunbar, through Nov. 23.

CAROL ROBINSON GALLERY. 840 Napoleon Ave., 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “People and Places/New Orleans,” pastels by Sandra Burshell, through Nov. 28.

CASELL GALLERY. 818 Royal St., 524-0671; www. casellartgallery.com — Works

by Joachim Casell, Phillip Sage, Rene Ragi, Jack Miller and others, ongoing.

COLE PRATT GALLERY. 3800 Magazine St., 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.com — “Broken Star,” oil paintings by Aaron Collier; “The New World,” pastels and oil paintings by Thuan Vu, through Nov. 24.

COUP D’OEIL ART CONSORTIUM. 2033 Magazine St., 722-0876; www.coupdoeilartconsortium.com — “At Play Amongst the Pines,” paintings

by James Taylor Bonds, through Saturday.

COURTYARD GALLERY. 1129 Decatur St., 330-0134; www.woodartandmarketing.com — Hand-carved works in wood

by Daniel Garcia, ongoing.

D.O.C.S. 709 Camp St., 524-3936; www.docsgallery. com — “Landscapes and Beyond,” paintings by Tom Bates, through Nov. 29.

DU MOIS GALLERY. 4921 Freret St., 818-6032; www.dumoisgallery.com — Images from the book “Jackson Squared” by Will Crocker, Jackson Hill and Tom Varisco; paintings by Romy Mariano, through Dec. 29.

THE FOUNDATION GALLERY. 608 Julia St., 5680955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — Works by Paul Santoleri, through Jan. 12.

THE FRONT. 4100 St. Claude Ave.; www.nolafront. org — “Uncommon Landscapes,” a group photography show; works by Andrea Ferguson; “breaking up is hard to do” works by Brad Benischek, Case Miller, Margaret Turner, Ian Vanek and Guy Pierce; all through through Dec. 2.

GALERIE ROYALE. 3648 Magazine St., 894-1588; www.galerieroyale.net — “Before Day,” oil on canvas

by Ben Hamburger, through November.

GALLERY 30-OH-1. Joey K’s, 3001 Magazine St., second floor — “Living on Stilts,” works by Aimee Farnet Siegel, through December.

THE GARDEN DISTRICT GALLERY. 1332 Washington Ave., 891-3032; www.gardendistrictgallery.com — “New Orleans Spirits: Iconic Bars and Libations,” works by Alan Flattmann, Kenny Harrison, Garth Swanson and others, through Dec. 9.

GOOD CHILDREN GALLERY. 4037 St. Claude Ave., 616-7427; www.goodchildren-

art LIStINGS gallery.com — “Side by Side,” sculpture by Aaron McNamee; “Upfling,” mixed media by Mel Buffington; both through Dec. 2.

JEAN BRAGG GALLERY OF SOUTHERN ART. 600 Julia St., 895-7375; www.jeanbragg. com — “Calling Out the Wards,” paintings of New Orleans neighborhoods, through November.

JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. 400A Julia St., 5225471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “Density,” sewn constructions by Anita Cooke; “Neutral Ground,” video and print work by Dan Rule, through November.

rens, Jen Bradley, Jan Lhormer and Dorothy Simpson Krause, through Friday.

RHINO CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS GALLERY. The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., second floor, 5237945; www.rhinocrafts.com — Works by Nellrea Simpson, Chip tipton, tamra Carboni and Caren Nowak, ongoing.

SCOTT EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY. 2109 Decatur St., 610-0581 — “Metal, Glass and Paper,” photographs

by Bruce Schultz, through Dec. 1.

M. FRANCIS GALLERY. 604 S. Julia St., 875-4888; www.mfrancisgallery.com — “Rejuvenate, Reanimate, Recycle,” works by Jerome Ford, through November.

SIBLEY GALLERY. 3427 Magazine St., 899-8182 — “Investments,” monotypes by Caryl M. Christian-Levy and mixed-media photographs by Epaul Julien, through Nov. 27.

MARTINE CHAISSON GALLERY. 727 Camp St., 3047942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — “Bayou Something or Other,” paintings by Hunt Slonem, through Nov. 24.

SOREN CHRISTENSEN GALLERY. 400 Julia St., 5699501; www.sorengallery.com — “Declinaison de Coton,” oil paintings by Saliha Staib; “Belle terre,” oil paintings by Ed Smith; both through Nov. 27.

MAY GALLERY AND RESIDENCY. 2839 N. Robertson St., Suite 105; www.themayspace.com — “tantric Wealth,” multimedia installation by Derek Larson. Open by appointment only, through Nov. 23.

STAPLE GOODS. 1340 St. Roch Ave., 908-7331; www. postmedium.org/staplegoods — “Spread thinly,” mixed media and video by Minka Stoyanova, through Dec. 2.

NEW ORLEANS GLASSWORKS & PRINTMAKING STUDIO. 727 Magazine St., 529-7277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — “Scorpio,” glass sculpture by James Mongrain and Jason Christian, through November.

STELLA JONES GALLERY. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, 5689050; www.stellajonesgallery. com — “Justified: Silent Harmony,” works by Moe Brooker, Mr. Imagination and Bill Sirmon, through November.

NEW ORLEANS PHOTO ALLIANCE. 1111 St. Mary St., 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot. com — “And the Winners Are ...” an exhibit of New Orleans Photo Alliance grant recipients, through Saturday.

STUDIO 831. 532 Royal St., 304-4392; www.studio831royal.com — “In a Mind’s Eye,” sculpture by Jason Robert Griego, ongoing.

NEWCOMB ART GALLERY. Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University, 865-5328; www. newcombartgallery.tulane. edu — “Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity,” multimedia works depicting experiences of multicultural populations, through Dec. 16.

OCTAVIA ART GALLERY. 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “Endangered,” works by David Kidd, Nall, Jeffrey Pitt, Betsy Stewart and Joe Zammit-Lucia, through Nov. 24.

REYNOLDS-RYAN ART GALLERY. Isidore Newman School, 5333 Danneel St., 8966369; www.newmanschool. org — “Divergence: Five New England Artists,” works by Kimberlee Alemian, Mary Beh-

TEN GALLERY IN THE SALON STUDIO. 4432 Magazine St., 333-1414 — “Falling Down,” works by Jeff Rinehart, through Dec. 1.

THOMAS MANN GALLERY I/O. 1812 Magazine St., 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “triple Martini,” reworked stainless steel martini glasses

by John Greco, Cathy CooperStratton and Christopher Poehlmann, through November.

UNO-ST. CLAUDE GALLERY. 2429 St. Claude Ave. — “Adjust + Adapt,” photographs

by Southerly Gold; “Riviere Froide Kid Camera Project,” photographs by participants in the nonprofit One Bird’s summer 2012 Haiti program, through Dec. 8.

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NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY, ROSA KELLER BRANCH. 4300 S. Broad St., 596-2675; nutrias.org — “Random Daze,” works by Dwayne Conrad, Natasha Sanchez, Pat Jolly, Amanda Leigh and Brian Cunningham, through Jan. 7.

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POYDRAS CENTER. 650 Poydras St. — “Painted Journeys,” paintings by Al Champagne, through November.

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PRESERVATION HALL. 726 St. Peter St., 522-2841 — “All Access/Exit Stage Right,” backstage portraits of musicians from Voodoo Experience by Zack Smith, through Nov. 26.

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SIBERIA. 2227 St. Claude Ave., 265-8855 — “Hostile Work Environment,” concert photographs by Gary LoVerde, through Dec. 23.

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Call for artiStS GEORGE RODRIGUE FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS CONTEST. High school-aged contestants create art around the theme “Louisiana’s Culinary Heritage” for a chance to have the work appear in a cookbook and to win college scholarships and cash prizes. Visit www. rodriguefoundation.org/artcontest for details. Submissions deadline is Feb. 20.

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CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER. 900 Camp St., 5283800; www.cacno.org — “time travelling tales,” a group show of mixed media, through Nov. 25. “Cinema Reset: New Media Works,” a film exhibit curated

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NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. 1418 Gov. Nicholls St., 566-1136; www.noaam.com — “Bambara: From Africa to New Orleans, From the Gambia River to the Mississippi,” through Dec. 29.

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 658-4100; www. noma.org — “Photography, Sequence and time,” photographs from the 19th century to the present, through Dec. 2. “19th Century Louisiana Landscapes,” paintings by Richard Clague, Marshall Smith Jr. and William Buck, through Jan. 6. “Lifelike,” works based on commonplace objects and situations by Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, James Casebere and others, through

Jan. 27. “Ida Kohlmeyer: 100th Anniversary Highlights,” through Feb. 10.

OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART. 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — Jewelry by Lauren Eckstein Schonekas of Construct Jewelry, ongoing.

SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE. Tulane University, Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., 865-5699; seaa.tulane.edu — “Following Wright,” an exhibit highlighting Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence with drawings by architects Edward Sporl, Albert C. Ledner, Philip Roach Jr. and Leonard Reese Spangenberg, through Dec. 7.

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BELL BOOK AND CANDLE. Playmakers Theater, 19106 Playmakers Road (off Lee Road), Covington, (985) 8931671; www.playmakersinc. com — in the play that inspired Bewitched, a witch casts a spell on her neighbor to prevent him from marrying her college enemy, only to fall in love with him herself. tickets $15 general admission, $10 students. 8 p.m. friday-saturday and 2 p.m. sunday.

BLESS YA, BOYS: THE CURSE OF GOODELL. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www. midcitytheatre.com — shine productions’ play takes fans on a comedic journey through the new orleans saints’ history. admission $26. 8 p.m. thursday-friday.

BOEING BOEING. Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts, 325 Minor St., Kenner, 461-9475 ; www.rivertowntheaters.com — ricky graham directs the comedy about a lothario whose three airline hostess fiances end up in the same place at once. tickets $35 general admission, $33 seniors, $30 student/military. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 2 p.m. sunday.

THE GOOD DOCTOR. University of New Orleans, Performing Arts Center, 280-7469; www.uno.edu — Uno students perform neil simon’s retelling of Chekhov short stories. tickets $12 general admission, $8 students, faculty and seniors.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno. org — skin Horse theater presents a oscar wilde’s comedy.

Visit www.skinhorsetheater.org for reservations. tickets $20 general admission, $15 CaC members, two tickets for $20 on thursdays. 8 p.m. sunday.

JUMP, JIVE & WAIL: THE MUSIC OF LOUIS PRIMA. Stage Door Canteen, National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — the show brings to life prima classics with local musicians and swing dancers. 8 p.m. friday and 1 p.m. sunday.

MONOLOGUES AND MUSINGS FOR MONEY, HONEY. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre.com — longtime Times-Picayune social columnist nell nolan and ashley nolan perform monologues in a benefit for the Dash30Dash fund for severed T-P employees. tickets $26. 8 p.m. saturday, 7 p.m. sunday.

NEW ORLEANS FRINGE FESTIVAL. the festival showcases 76 provocative works from emerging and established performing artists at venues throughout the city. show times and venues vary. Call 941-3640 or visit www.nofringe.org for details. wednesday-monday.

SHANGHAI. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 2185778; www.theallwayslounge. com — the production re-imagines the comic operetta about white slavery and miscegenation in 1930s China. tickets $15. 7 p.m. friday-saturday, then 8 p.m. nov. 23-24 and nov. 30-Dec. 1.

TWO TRAINS RUNNING. Dillard University, Cook Theatre, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., 816-4857; www.dillard.edu — august wilson’s play follows a waitress and patrons of a pittsburgh diner amid the civil rights movement. tickets $15 general admission, $10 seniors and Dillard faculty and staff, $10 students. 8 p.m. friday-saturday, 3 p.m. sunday.

URBAN EDUCATION SMACKDOWN. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www. midcitytheatre.com — representing new orleans teachers, Jim fitzmorris takes on hostile students, confrontational parents and gov. bobby Jindal in his one-man show. admission is “pay what you can.” 8 p.m. wednesday.

BURLESQUE & CABARET BURLESQUE BALLROOM. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 300 Bourbon St., 553-2270; www.sonesta. com — trixie minx stars in the burlesque show. Call 553-2331 for details. 11:50 p.m. friday.

EROTIC CABARET. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 218-5778; www.theallwayslounge.com — the literarythemed cabaret includes a 1950s fetish fashion contest, a strip spelling bee and lap dances to raise money for charity. suggested donation $5-$20. midnight saturday.

FLEUR DE TEASE. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., 5698361; www.oneeyedjacks.net — the burlesque troupe performs.

Visit www.fleurdetease.com for details. tickets $15 general admission, $20 reserved seating. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. saturday.

REV. SPOOKY LESTRANGE & HER BILLION DOLLAR BABY DOLLS. Mid-City Theater, 3540 Toulouse St., 488-1460; www.midcitytheatre. com — the show “Comic Con Cuties: a burlesque tribute,” features characters from comic books, science fiction and more. tickets $15. 8 p.m. tuesday.

DANCE GOGOL’S WALTZES. Tulane University, McWilliams Hall, 6823 St. Charles Ave., 8655105 ext. 2; www.neworleansshakespeare.com — tulane’s newcomb Dance Company performs pieces based on nikolai gogol’s Petersburg Tales. tickets $12 general admission, $9 tulane community, $8 students and seniors. 8 p.m. thursdaysaturday, 2 p.m. sunday.

OPERA THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, 1419 Basin St., 525-1052; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com — the new orleans opera association presents the rossini classic.

Visit www.neworleansopera.org for details. 8 p.m. friday, 2:30 p.m. sunday.

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8 p.m. wed.-thu. & Sun. Contemporary arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www. cacno.org or www. skinhorsetheater.org

AUDItIONS CRESCENT CITY SOUND CHORUS. Delgado Community College, City Park campus, 615 City Park Ave., 671-5012; www.dcc.edu — the

women’s chorus holds weekly auditions for new members.

Call 453-0858 or visit www. crescentcitysound.com for details. 7 p.m. Monday.

MARDI GRAS CHORUS. Christ the King Lutheran

Church, 1001 W. Esplanade Ave., Kenner, 469-4740; www.ctk-nola.org — the men’s harmony chorus holds weekly auditions for new members. Call 363-9001 or visit www.mardigraschorus.com for details.

7:15 p.m. tuesday.

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oscar wilde is almost synonymous with witticism. bon mots roll off the tongues of his characters with languid ease. his drawing room comedies seem to take place in upper-class english society but are, in fact, set in a funhouse mirror version like Gilbert and Sullivan’s Japan.

The Importance of Being Earnest, getting a buoyant production by Skin horse theater, remains fresh and hilarious a century after its London premiere. I expected the outpouring of wit, but I had forgotten the strong dramatic content of the play. there is no serious conflict, but there is a great deal of dramatic comedy. at times, Earnest borders on farce and director Garrett Prejean keeps the staging focused and fast. the play starts with algernon Moncrieff (brian Fabry dorsam) lounging at home while awaiting the arrival of his formidable aunt, Lady bracknell (Lynae Leblanc), and her daughter Gwendolen Fairfax (Veronica hunsinger-Loe). at his orders, his butler Lane (Samuel Moodey) has prepared cucumber sandwiches for them, but algernon gobbles them thoughtlessly. algernon is an amoral dandy who has invented an imaginary invalid friend named bunbury, whose needs serve as an excuse when algernon wants to traipse around the countryside indulging in romances. algernon’s buddy Jack worthing (Nathaniel Kusinitz) enters and is delighted to learn Gwendolen is coming, because he’s madly in love with her. Farcical elements seep into the story as algernon discovers that Jack has a pretty 17-year-old ward in the country. Jack also has invented a second identity: a decadent brother named ernest. this ruse gives allows him to do whatever he pleases in London. wilde piles comic climax on comic climax. It would be impossible to lay out all the plot twists or quote all the epigrams, but both pour out in delightful torrents. Jack (beloved as ernest by Gwen — who is enraptured with that name) proposes and she accepts. when he’s grilled by the snobbish Lady bracknell, he confesses a fatal flaw: he has lost both his parents. actually, they lost him. he was found as a baby in a handbag in a cloakroom at Victoria Station. the scandalized Lady bracknell storms off with her daughter in tow.

Next we’re off to Jack’s country estate, where we meet his ward Cecily Cardew (Lucy Faust) and her tutor Miss Prism (becca Chapman). algernon arrives, pretending to be Jack’s brother ernest, to flirt with his friend’s ward. the romance goes well, partly because Cecily has always been allured by her guardian’s depraved brother ernest.

Jack arrives unexpectedly to announce the death of his brother, whom he has decided to get rid of. Unfortunately, his brother (in the person of algernon) is already there. to make matters worse, Lady bracknell and Gwendolen arrive. two romances have crashed on the reef of a name. there are still more surprises, and they warrant the trip to see this classic live on stage. — daLt woNK

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fAmilY TUESDAY 13 TODDLER TIME. Louisiana Children’s Museum, 420 Julia St., 523-1357; www.lcm.org —

the museum hosts special tuesday and thursday activities for children ages 3 and under and their parents or caregivers. admission $8, free for members. 10:30 a.m.

THURSDAY 15 ART ACTIVITIES DURING AFTER HOURS. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — the ogden offers art activities for kids during weekly after Hours concerts. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SATURDAY 17 FAMILY WORKSHOP: COOKING FOR VICTORY. National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., 527-6012; www.nationalww2museum.org — the

workshop for children ages 8-12 teaches wartime recipes. pre-registration is required. Call 528-1944 ext. 229 or email lauren. handley@nationalww2museum.org for details. 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

KIDS PROGRAM. Southern Food & Beverage Museum, Riverwalk Marketplace, 1 Poydras St., Suite 169, 569-0405; www. southernfood.org — Children make chocolate peanut butter acorn-shaped candy in the workshop. admission free for members, $5 nonmembers. 11 a.m. to noon.

EVENTS TUESDAY 13 BRIDGE HOUSE/GRACE

CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Tulane University Square, 200 Broadway St. — the weekly market features fresh produce, kettle corn, green plate specials and flowers.

Visit www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org for details. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

FREE MEMORY SCREENINGS. Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services, 1929 Hickory Ave., 737-0522; www.visitingangels.com — Confidential memory screenings are offered for national memory screening Day, an annual initiative of the alzheimer’s foundation of america. there also are free educational materials about memory concerns, dementia, caregiving and aging available. 9 a.m. to noon.

HISTORIC HOUSE WORKSHOP: WEATHERIZATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY BASICS. Preservation Resource Center, 923 Tchoupitoulas St., 581-7032; www.prcno.org — the free workshop teaches how to evaluate and improve the energy efficiency of homes.

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 14 COVINGTON FARMERS MARKET. Covington City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 892-1873 — the market offers fresh locally produced foods every week.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. saturday.

WESTWEGO FARMERS & FISHERIES MARKET. Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market, Sala Avenue at Fourth Street, Westwego — the market offers organic produce, baked goods, jewelry, art, live music and pony rides. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. wednesday and saturday.

WOMEN & WINE ON WEDNESDAY. Vom Fass, 5725 Magazine St., 302-1455; www.vomfassusa.com — the women’s networking and social event features wine specials. Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 15 BEAUJOLAIS FESTIVAL. JW Marriott New Orleans, 614 Canal St., 525-6500; www. marriott.com — the gulf Coast chapter of the french american Chamber of Commerce hosts the festival with french food, wine, live music by the Yat pack and armand st. martin, a book signing with poppy tooker and an auction. Visit www.2012beaujolaisfestival. eventbrite.com for details. admission $40-$60. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER POLITICAL SUMMIT. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick University Center, McAlister Drive, 247-1507 — James Carville and mary matalin hosts the annual summit with the theme “beyond the ballot: a government in transition.” guests include former secretary of agriculture Dan glickman, former U.s. senate majority leader trent lott, former senator robert bennett and other political strategists and leaders. Visit www.bipartisanpolicy.org/events/nola2012 for details. free admission. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

GLOBAL GREEN RECEPTION AND FUNDRAISER. Casa Borrega, 1719 Oretha C. Haley Blvd. — global green new orleans hosts a cocktail party with food, live music, a raffle and silent auction. Visit www.globalgreen.org/neworleans for details. admission $100 with raffle ticket, $75 without raffle ticket. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

“INFINITE MIRROR” CURATOR’S TALK. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 314-2200;

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JOHNETTE DOWNING. Le Jouet, 1700 Airline Drive, 837-0533; www.lejouet. com — the children’s author and singer performs and reads from Why the Possum Has a Large Grin. 4 p.m.

HOUSE CELEBRITY WAITERS. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave., 561-1234; www. neworleans.hyatt.com — local celebrities — including musician Charmaine neville, attorney morris bart, Jefferson parish president John Young and others — are the waiters at the fundraiser benefiting bridge House and grace House’s substance abuse treatment programs.

Visit www.bridgehouse.org for details. admission $75.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION BENEFIT DINNER. Charlie’s Steakhouse, 4510 Dryades St., 895-9323; www.charliessteakhousenola.com — the restaurant hosts a special dinner to benefit children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. reservations are required. admission $75 (includes wine, cocktails, taxes and gratuity). 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

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Saturday, December 8th $20 per person includes: Scavenger Hunt Participation Post Party Admission - 2 Drink Tickets - Event T-shirt For more information & to register visit www.playnola.com/events.

2012 Charitable Partner Don't forget to bring a leash, collar, toy, food, bed or a monetary donation to the event.

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EVENT LISTINGS PREVIEW www.tulane.edu — Barnes Foundation director of education Blake Bradford discusses the center’s current exhibit. 6 p.m.

JUST SAY YAYA. Creative Glass at YAYA, 3924 Conti St., 529-3306; www.yayainc. com — The nonprofit arts organization and teaching design studio hosts its annual fundraiser and art showcase with music by Treme Brass Band, food, margaritas, beer and wine. General admission $40, patron admission starts at $125. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH FUNDRAISER. Octavia Art Gallery, 4532 Magazine St., 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — Innocence Project New Orleans, which works to free innocent prisoners, hosts the event to raise funds for the purchase of a new office building. Khandi Alexander of HBO’s Treme is the event’s special guest. Visit www.ip-no. org for details. Admission $50.

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SAFE SEX IN THE BIG EASY. Private residence, email for details — The fundraiser benefits Planned Parenthood.

Email laevents@ppgulfcoast. org for details. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 16 AZUCAR BALL. Mardi Gras World’s River City Ballroom, 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, 361-7821 — The New

Orleans Hispanic Foundation hosts its annual masquerade ball with music

by Julio & Cesar and Rumba Buena, a photo booth, silent auction, a mini parade and more. Visit www.nohhf.org for details. Tickets $150 general admission, $75 ages 35 and under, $200 patrons.

7:30 p.m. patron party, 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. ball.

BOYS TOWN LOUISIANA RETRO REPROM. Gallier Hall, 545 St. Charles Ave., 565-7457 — The nonprofit child and family service organization hosts a “prom” where guests can vote for community leaders and celebrities to be the king and queen of the event. Visit www.boystown.org/reprom for details. Admission $75.

8 p.m. to midnight.

CELEBRATION IN THE OAKS PREVIEW PARTY. City Park, 1 Palm Drive,

C.G. JUNG SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS PROGRAM. Parker United Methodist Church, 1130 Nashville Ave., 895-1222; www.parkerchurch.net — Jerry R. Wright discusses “Jung’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Christianity.”

Admission free for members, $10 nonmembers. 7:30 p.m.

MARKETPLACE AT ARMSTRONG PARK. Armstrong Park, N. Rampart and St. Ann streets — The weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, Louisiana seafood, natural products, art, crafts and entertainment. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.

MOBILE HAPPY HOUR. St. Joe’s Bar, 5537 Magazine St., 899-3744 — The No. 11 Magazine Street bus stops at Uptown bars St. Joe’s, Tracey’s and the Bridge Lounge, culminating at an after-party at St. Lawrence (219 N. Peters), for the Transit Week event.

Visit www.transportfornola. org/transit-week for details. 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

WHERE Y’ART. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, 6584100; www.noma.org — The museum’s weekly event features music, performances, lectures, film screenings, family-friendly activities and more.

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays.

YATS ANTI-CANCER PARTY. Margaret Gardens Inn, 1133 Margaret Place, 522-7677; www.margaret-place.com — Young Adults Taking a Stand (Against Cancer)’s party benefits the Drew Rodrigue Foundation and features drinks, hors d’oeuvres, a raffle and silent auction. Visit www. yatsagainstcancer.org for details. Admission $30 per person, $50 per couple. 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY 17 BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS PLANNING MEETING. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Hwy., Chalmette, 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — The Na-

tional Park Service and the Jean Lafitte National Park and Preserve host a series of community meetings to strategize about the upcoming event. 11 a.m. to noon.

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New Orleans Bookfair & Media Expo 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday 725 Magazine St. www.neworleansbookfair.com

Hurricane Isaac delayed the annual Alternative Media Expo organized by the music magazine Antigravity. This year’s event merged with the New Orleans Bookfair, an annual mini-festival which has filled clubs and sidewalks on Frenchmen Street for the past decade. The 11th annual Bookfair has been rechristened as the 2012 New Orleans Bookfair & Media Expo, hosting more than 50 vendors, including DIY comic book creators, record labels, independent bookstores, ’zines, book publishers, nonprofit organizations, magazines, artists, designers and crafters. Free admission.

— ALEX WOODWARD CRESCENT CITY FARMERS MARKET. Magazine Street Market, Magazine and Girod Streets, 861-5898; www.marketumbrella.org — The weekly market features fresh produce, flowers and food. 8 a.m. to noon.

ECOLE BILINGUE SOIREE. The Sanctuary, 924 Moss St. — The French immersion school hosts a Moulin Rouge-themed fundraiser. Call 896-4500 or visit www.ebnola.com for details. Admission $100 per person, $175 per couple. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

EXCITE THE NIGHT PREVIEW PARTY. Cure, 4905 Freret St., 302-2357; www. curenola.com — The nonprofit youth enrichment program Excite All Stars hosts a party with speciality cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a raffle and information about the organization. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

GERMAN COAST FARMERS MARKET. Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan — The market features a wide range of fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers and other items. Visit www.germancoastfarmersmarket.org for details. 8 a.m. to noon.

GRETNA FARMERS MARKET. Gretna Farmers Market, Huey P. Long Avenue, between Third and

Fourth streets, Gretna, 3628661 — The weekly rain-orshine market features more than 30 vendors offering a wide range of fruits, vegetables, meats and flowers.

Free admission. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

LIGHTING THE WAY GALA. Private residence, call for details — Gala proceeds fund wrought iron lampposts along the exercise and bicycle paths in New Basin Canal Park along the West End and Pontchartrain Boulevards corridor. Email president@ lakeviewcivic.org or visit www.friendsoflakeviewnola. org for details. Tickets $75 general admission, $125 patrons. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. patron party, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. gala.

MADISONVILLE ART MARKET. Madisonville Art Market, Tchefuncte River Front at Water Street, Madisonville, (985) 871-4918; www.artformadisonville.org — The monthly market features works by local artists including paintings, mixed media, photography, jewelry, wood carving, sculpture, stained glass and more. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

MAGAZINE STREET BLUES FESTIVAL. Magazine Street and Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans — Rockin Dopsie and the

Zydeco Twisters and others perform at the festival with food trucks, an artists’ village, children’s activities and more. Proceeds benefit COPS 2. Visit www.magazinestreetbluesfest.com for details. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS BOOKFAIR & MEDIA EXPO. Warehouse District, 725 Magazine St. — Exhibitors at the fair and expo include book retailers, publishers, media outlets, nonprofits and more. Visit www. neworleansbookfair.com for details. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS HEART WALK. Audubon Park, Shelter 10, 6500 Magazine St. — The American Heart Association’s 3.6-mile walk raises funds to support the group’s heart disease and stroke research and educational programs in the Greater New Orleans area.

Call 830-2300 or visit www. neworleansheartwalk.org for details. Free admission.

Event activities start at 8 a.m., walk at 9:30 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSOCIATION PROGRAM. Audubon Zoo, Dominion Auditorium, 6500 Magazine St. — Marjorie Esman, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana, discusses “Update on Church/State

and Other Secular Issues.”

Call 282-5459 for details.

4 p.m.

RIVERTOWN FARMERS MARKET. Rivertown Heritage Park, 2020 Fourth St., Kenner, 468-7211; www. kenner.la.us — The twicemonthly market features local fruit, vegetables and dairy, homemade jams and jellies, cooking demonstrations and more. 8 a.m. to noon. ¡SALUD!. Galvez Restaurant, 914 N. Peters St., 595-3400; www.galvezrestaurant.com — The World Affairs Council of New Orleans hosts its fundraiser with tapas, drinks, live Spanish music and an auction.

Visit www.wacno.org/salud for details. Admission $50 members, $60 nonmembers. 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

SANKOFA FARMERS MARKET. Sankofa Farmers Market, ARISE Academy, 3819 St. Claude Ave., 8754268; www.sankofafarmersmarket.org — The weekly market offers fresh produce and seafood from local farmers and fishers. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

SCHOLASTIC WRITING AWARDS WRITING WORKSHOPS. University of New Orleans, Lakefront Campus — The university hosts workshops for local teens (grades 7-12) who’d like to submit writing to the 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards — or who would simply like to improve their work. The workshops are in the school’s Writing Center. Visit www. writeatuno.org for details.

Free admission. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 8.

SPUN CROSSROADS ART IN MOTION MARKET. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 948-9961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — The weekly indoor market features art, crafts, fashion from local and regional artists and demonstrations. Sunday markets feature repurposed art. Email info@spuncrossroads.com or visit www.spuncrossroads. com for details. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

ST. BERNARD SEAFOOD & FARMERS MARKET. Aycock Barn, 409 Aycock St., Arabi — The market showcases fresh seafood, local produce, jams and preserves, baked goods, crafts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more.

Call 355-4442 or visit www. visitstbernard.com for details.

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TOP CHEFS TASTING. Franco’s Health Club and Spa, 100 Bon Temps Roule, Mandeville, (985) 792-0200; www.myfrancos.com — Northshore chefs showcase their signature holiday dishes to benefit the Covington Food Bank. Admission $15. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

482-4888; www.neworleanscitypark.com — The party benefits the New Orleans Botanical Garden and includes live music, open bars and food from local restaurants. Tickets $100 in advance, $90 Friends of City Park, $120 day of event. 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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Hospital Foundation and the Tulane Prevention Research Center host a day of healthy activities, games, health screenings and resources. Free admission.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

OAK STREET PO-BOY FESTIVAL. Oak Street, between Carrollton Avenue and Leonidas Street — The free festival spanning seven blocks of Oak Street features vendors selling their takes on po-boys, as well as music, arts and crafts and a children’s area. Visit www. poboyfest.com for details.

11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

ST. CATHERINE’S DAY PARADE. Women and girls of all ages wear hats for the walking parade. The parade begins at St. Charles Avenue and Pleasant Street. Visit www.hatnola.com for details.

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HORNETS. New Orleans Arena, 1501 Girod St., 5873663; www.neworleansarena. com — The Hornets play the Oklahoma City Thunder. Visit www.nba.com/hornets for details. 8 p.m. Friday.

CAll fOR APPlICATIONS ST. CLAUDE MAIN STREET REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The group seeks proposals for arts-based community engagement programs. The deadline for proposal submission is Nov. 22. Call 264-1743 or visit www.stclaude.org for details.

CAll fOR VOlUNTeeRS ANOTHER LIFE FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS. Another Life Foundation seeks volunteers recovering from mental illness to help mentor others battling depression and suicidal behaviors. Free training provided. For details, contact Stephanie Green at (888) 543-3480, anotherlifefoundation@hotmail.com or visit www. anotherlifefoundation.org.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS VOLUNTEERS. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisiana, 2626 Canal St., Suite 203, 309-7304 or (877) 500-7304; www.bbbssela.org — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Louisi-

ana needs volunteers to serve as mentors. A volunteer meets two to three times a month with his or her Little Brother or Sister. You can play games, watch movies, bake cookies, play sports or plan any other outings you both would enjoy.

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VISITING PET PROGRAM VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION. Harahan Senior Center, 100 Elodie St., 737-3810 — The animal-assisted therapy program offers an orientation for prospective volunteers. Email paws4visits@gmail.com or visit www.visitingpetprogram. org for details. Admission $10. 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

WORDS B.A. SHAPIRO. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 8997323 — The author discusses and signs The Art Forger. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

COFFEE & CONVERSATION: CAROLYN MORROW LONG. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — The Tennessee Williams Literary Festival’s series includes author interviews, book signings, Q&A sessions and complimentary coffee. Long signs and discusses Madame Lalaurie, Mistress of the Haunted House. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

DAVID SPIELMAN & FRED LYON. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The authors discuss and sign When Not Performing: New Orleans Musicians. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

DEB SHRIVER. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author discusses and signs In the Spirit of New Orleans. 1 p.m. Saturday.

Shriver also appears at Maple Street Book Shop (7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com) 6 p.m. Monday.

GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 8381190 — The group discusses Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop. 7 p.m.

Thursday.

JULIE CRAGON. The Catholic Book Store, 3003 S. Carrolton Ave., 861-7504 — The author signs and discusses her books, which include Jesus at My Side, Illustrated Lives of the Saints, Illustrated Book of Mary and Illustrated Book of Jesus. 11 a.m. Saturday.

KENT WESTMORELAND. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — The author

signs and discusses Baronne Street. 7 p.m. Thursday.

KIT WOHL. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The author discusses and signs New Orleans Classic Cocktails at the event that includes a cocktail tasting.

5:30 p.m. Friday.

MICHAEL ALLEN ZELL. Barrister’s Gallery, 2331 St. Claude Ave., 525-2767; www. barristersgallery.com — The author reads from Errata. 6 p.m.

Tuesday. Zell also appears at Krewe Du Brew (1610 St Charles Ave., 522-1530) 7 p.m. Wednesday.

OCTAVIA BOOKS BOOK CLUB. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The group discusses Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son. 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

PASS IT ON. George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www. themckennamuseum.com — Poet Gian “G-Persepect” Smith and Alphonse “Bobby” Smith host a weekly spokenword and music event. Admission $6. 9 p.m. Saturdays.

PHIL SANDUSKY. New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, 5256 Magazine St., 899-8111; www.noafa.com — The artist lectures on his works and signs New Orleans Impressionist Cityscapes. 7 p.m.

Wednesday.

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA CHAPTER OF ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA MEETING. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, 838-1190 — Kristen Lamb discusses “The Writer’s Guide to Social Media.” Visit www. solawriters.org for details. 10 a.m. Saturday.

SUZANNE JOHNSON. Maple Street Book Shop at Bayou St. John, 3122 Ponce de Leon St.; www.maplestreetbookshop. com — The author signs and reads from River Road. 6 p.m.

Thursday.

THE WELL: A WOMEN’S POETRY CIRCLE. St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade Ave., 947-2121; www. stannanola.org — The group for writers of all levels meets at 2 p.m. Mondays. Call 655-5489 or email fleurdeholly@gmail. com for details.

WILL SCHWALBE. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 8952266 — The author signs and discusses The End of Your Life Book Club. 5:30 p.m.

Thursday.

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LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2011-9878 DIVISION B SECTION:1 5 SUCCESSION OF AUGUSTINE BATTISTE McCORMICK NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO COMPROMISE CLAIMS NOTICE IS GIVEN that Chandra Calhoun, Administratrix of the Succession of Augustine Battiste McCormick, has, pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3198 and 3229, petitioned the Court for an Order authorizing the compromise of certain claims asserted by the decedent against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation upon the conditions set forth in the petition.

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IN RE: THE ROBERT AND MYRTIS NIMS FOUNDATION NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the surviving Settlor and all of the Trustees of the Robert and Myrtis Nims Foundation have petitioned the 24th Judicial District Court to amend the Act of Donation in Trust establishing the Robert and Myrtis Nims Foundation so as to provide that: (1) Removal of the investment advisor shall require the unanimous consent of the Trustees; (2) No new investment advisor shall be appointed until 45 days after the removal of the current investment advisor; and (3) Ronald J. Carazo and/or affiliates shall serve as the sole investment advisor until his, its or their resignation or termination.

Pursuant to La. R.S. 9:2332(1), any person having standing may file an objection to this amendment.

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CLERK OF COURT, 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Masie Comeaux Deputy Clerk ROBERT R. CASEY 8555 UNITED PLAZA BLVD. FIFTH FLOOR BATON ROUGE LA 70809 225 248-2090 Publication: Gambit 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/12

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 12 – 3821 DIVISION A SECTION 15

SUCCESSION OF GEORGE EDWARD KRUSER, JR. NOTICE IS GIVEN that Elaine P. Morlier, Administratrix of this Succession, has filed a petition for authority to sell movable property of the succession, at private sale and to pay the debts, charges and expenses of the Succession in accordance with the first tableau of distribution contained in the petition. The petition for the sale of movable property, at private sale, and the petition for authority to pay debts and charges of the Succession can be homologated after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of this publication. Any opposition to these applications must be filed prior to the homologation.

BY ORDER OF THE COURT. CLERK OF COURT CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS ATTORNEY: Raymond P, Ladouceur Jane C. Alvarez 22398 Highway 435 P.O. Box 1929 Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 Telephone: (985) 898-2131 PUBLICATION: Gambit, 11/13/12 To Advertise in

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24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 714-539 DIVISION L SUCCESSION OF RUTH ALICE LOZIER NOTICE OF FILING TABLEAU OF DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given to the creditors of this estate and all other persons herein interested to show cause within 7 days from the publication of this notice, if any they have or can, why the tableau of distribution filed by BRANDY MARIE LOZIER, administratrix, should not be approved and homologated and the funds distributed in accordance therewith.

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-2289 SEC. N (2) TEXAS OG HOLDINGS,LLC versus BIRNHAM ENERGY INVESTMENT COMPANY, L.P. By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of EXECUTION and/or Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in the above numbered and entitled cause in the amount of $1,892,428.61, with interest continuing to accrue at the contract rate of 9.75% per annum from September 12, 2012 for a per diem rate of $496.53 until paid, plus all costs of proceedings, dated October 19, 2012, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the United States Court House for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., the following described property to wit: (a) all of the undivided interest and title (owned on or acquired after September 7, 2012) of Birnham Energy Investment Company, L.P. (hereinafter referred to as “Defendant”), a Texas limited partnership, in and to (i) the following leases (the “Subject Leases”), including without limitation Defendant’s leasehold interests in the Subject Leases as reflected below; (ii) the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands covered by the Subject Leases and/or the lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith (the “Lands”); (iii) the oil, gas and other mineral interests and estates in and under the Lands including, but not limited to working interests, royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests and production payments (the “Subject Interests”); (iv) any and all oil and gas units covering, in whole or in part, the Lands coveted by, or derived or carved from, the Subject Leases and/ or the Lands spaced pooled or unitized therewith; (v) all pooling, communitization, unitization and similar orders of governmental authorities, bodies and commissions that cover all or any portion of the Lands; and (vi) the Lands and all lands pooled, unitized or communitized therewith: 1. Oil and Gas Lease of Submerged Lands under the Outer Continental

Shelf Lands Act dated effective July 1, 2001, bearing Serial No. OCS-G 22802, between the United States of America, as Lessor, and Remington Oil and Gas Corporation and Magnum Hunter Production, Inc., collectively as Lessee, covering all of Block 207, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, as shown on OCS Leasing Map, Louisiana Map No. 10A, containing approximately 4,994.55 acres.

Record title as to the entirety of Block 207, Main Pass Area 25% Operating rights as the S1/2 N1/2; N1/2 N1/2 S1/2 of Block 207, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as said lease covers depths from the surface to 100’ below the stratigraphic equivalent of the 6000’ SD as seen in the MP 207 OCS-G 15380 #1 20% 2. Oil and Gas Lease of Submerged Lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act dated effective July 1, 2002, bearing Serial No. OCS-G 23988, between the United States of America, as Lessor, and Remington Oil and Gas Corporation and Magnum Hunter Production, Inc., collectively as Lessee, covering all of Block 233, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, as shown on OCS Leasing Map, Louisiana Map No. 10A, containing approximately 4,994.55 acres.

Record title as to the entirety of Block 233, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition 32.50% 3. Oil and Gas Lease of Submerged Lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act dated effective July 1, 2004, bearing Serial No. OCS-G 26098, between the United States of America, as Lessor, and Stone Energy Corporation, as Lessee, covering all of Block 145, South Timbalier Area, as shown on OCS Leasing Map, Louisiana Map No. 6, containing approximately 5,000 acres.

Operating rights as to North One-Half of North One-Half (N1/2 of N1/2) and North One-Half of South One-Half of North One-Half (N1/2 of S1/2 of N1/2) of Block 145, South Timbalier Area, limited as to those depths from the surface of the earth down to 15,200 feet true vertical depth (TVD) 100% 4. Oil and Gas Lease of Submerged Lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act dated effective June 1, 2006, bearing Serial No. OCS-G 27831, between the United States of America, as Lessor, and Remington Oil and Gas Corporation, as Lessee, covering all of Block 157, East Cameron Area, as shown on OCS Leasing Map, Louisiana Map No. 2, containing approximately 5,000 acres.

Record title as to the entirety of Block 157, East Cameron Area 100%* * The Minerals Management Service has previously approved an assignment in favor of Defendant for an undivided 40% record title interest in OCS-G 27831; an assignment in favor of Defendant for the remaining undivided 60% record title interest in OCS-G 27831 was filed on August 9, 2012 with, and for approval by, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

ments, hereditaments, appurtenances, and tangible (corporeal) properties in anywise appertaining, belonging, affixed, or incidental to the Subject Interests, in which Defendant owns on or acquires after September 7, 2012 an interest, including any and all tangible (corporeal) property, real (immovable) or personal (movable), in which Defendant now owns or hereafter acquires an interest which is situated upon and/ or used or useful in connection with all or any part of the Subject Interests and including all pipelines, gathering lines, trunk lines, lateral lines, pipeline easements and rights-of-way, compressor, dehydration units, separators, heater treaters, valves, flow lines, gauge meters, alarms, supplies, machinery, derricks, buildings, tanks, wells, well bores, casings, Christmas trees, tubing, rods, liquid extractors, engines, boilers, tools, appliances, cables, wires, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements, servitudes, and franchises, and any such property, right or interest as is otherwise susceptible of mortgage pursuant to Louisiana Civil Code Article 3286 or Louisiana Mineral Code Article 203, and all accessions, additions, substitutes and replacements to or for, and all accessories and attachments to any of the foregoing, and including without limitation the following property: The following property associated with Main Pass Block 233: the OCS-G 23922 SS-1 (also referred to as Subsea No. 1) wellbore (API No. 177244094000) located on Block 233, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition.

Pipeline Right-of-Way No. OCS-G 28480 (which is 200 feet wide and 6.4 miles long, extending from Subsea Well No. 1 Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 233, through Blocks 232 and 241, to Platform A in Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 242).

Pipeline Segment No. 16307 (a 2” hydraulic umbilical approximately 34,534 feet in length extending from Platform A in Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 242, through Blocks 232 and 241, to Subsea Well No. 1 Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 233).

Pipeline Segment No. 17507 (a 4” bulk gas pipeline approximately 33,798 feet in length extending from Subsea Well No. 1 Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 233, through Blocks 232 and 241, to Platform A in Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 242).

Pipeline Segment No. 17508 (a 1.6” hydraulic umbilical approximately 33,876 feet in length extending from Platform A in Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 242, through Blocks 241 and 232, to Subsea Well No. 1 Main Pass Area, South and East Addition, Block 233).

The following property associated with East Cameron Block 157: Platform D located on East Cameron Block 157 (Complex No. 2032, located approximately 4620 feet south from the north line of the block and 3272 feet west from the east line of the block).

Caisson complex no. 102032 located on East Cameron Block 157.

approximately 2590 feet south from the north line of the block and 7245 feet west from the east line of the block).

Caisson complex no. 102016 located on South Timbalier Block 145. the OCS-G 26098 B-1 wellbore (API No. 177154121201 for ST00BP01 and API No. 177154121202 for ST01BP00) located on Block 145, South Timbalier Area.

Pipeline Right-of-Way OCS-G 28291 (which is 200 feet wide and 3.9 miles long, extending from Platform B on South Timbalier Block 145 to Platform C on South Timbalier Block 164).

Pipeline Segment No. 17008 (a 4.5” bulk oil pipeline approximately 20,686 feet in length extending from Platform B on South Timbalier Block 145 to Platform C on South Timbalier Block 164).

Pipeline Right-of-Way OCS-G 28292 (which is 200 feet wide and 3.9 miles long, extending from Platform C on South Timbalier Block 164 to Platform B on South Timbalier Block 145).

Pipeline Segment No. 17009 (a 2.375” air pipeline approximately 20,686 feet in length extending from Platform C on South Timbalier Block 164 to Platform B on South Timbalier Block 145).

The following property associated with Main Pass Block 207: the OCS-G 22802 A-2 wellbore (API No. 177244091800) located on Block 207, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition. the OCS-G 22802 A-3 wellbore (API No. 177244095800) located on Block 207, Main Pass Area, South and East Addition. (d) Any and all other rights, titles, estates, royalties, and interests (whether or not presently included in the·Subject Interests) owned on or acquired after September 7, 2012 by Defendant in and to all reversions, remainder, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, proceeds, earnings, income, and profits from the Lands (the property described in clauses (a) through (d), the “Mortgaged Property”); and (e) all of Defendant’s right, title and interest in and to any asextracted collateral and all oil, gas and other hydrocarbons and minerals produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property, and any products processed, or obtained therefrom (herein collectively called the “Production”); and (f) all proceeds of the Mortgaged Property or Production or payments in lieu of Production (such as “take or pay” payments), whether such proceeds or payments are goods, money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts, general intangibles, fixtures, real property or other assets.

This sale is subject to all superior security interests, mortgages, liens and privileges.

TERMS– CASH, CERTIFIED OR CASHIER’S CHECK WITH A 10% NONREFUNDABLE DEPOSIT REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF SALE AND TOTAL BALANCE DUE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SAME, AND/OR CREDIT BID BY THE HOLDER OF THE JUDGMENT OR ITS AUTHORIZED NOMINEE.

(b) All oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline and condensate, all other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, and all other minerals, whether similar to the foregoing or not (herein collectively called “Hydrocarbons”), accruing on or after September 7, 2012 to or produced from the Subject Interests and/or to which Defendant on or after September 7, 2012 may be entitled as a result of or by virtue of its record and/or beneficial ownership of anyone or more of the Subject Interests;

the OCS-G 27831 D-1 wellbore (API No. 177034100300) located on Block 157, East Cameron Area.

The following property associated with South Timbalier Block 145:

GENNY MAY United States Marshal Eastern District of Louisiana

(c) All of Defendant’s right, title and interest in and to all tene-

Platform B located on South Timbalier Block 145 (Complex No. 2012, located

Publication: Gambit, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27 12/4/12 and 12/11/12

Pipeline Segment No. 15976 (a 6” gas/condensate pipeline approximately 7,833 feet in length extending from Platform A on East Cameron Block 157 to a 20” subsea tie-in located on East Cameron Block 157).

NOTE: All funds must be Cash, Cashier’s Check or Certified Check.

DONNA PHILLIPS CURRAULT C. PECK HAYNE JR. Attorneys for Plaintiff Phone: (504) 582-1111

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DALE N. ATKINS CLERK OF COURT Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans

24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

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CLASSIFIEDS 24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA No. 708-713

Division J

SUCCESSION OF KENNETH S. ROQUES, SR. Wheras Sidney Modica, Executor of the above estate has made application to the Court for the sale of the estate’s interest in the property hereinafter described to-wit: 4521 Cross Street, Jefferson, Louisiana 70121 Upon the following terms and conditions to wit: - Sales price of $100,000 - Buyer financing Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition, which they have or may have to such application, at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

By order of court.

This notice was requested by attorney for the estate of Kenneth S. Roques, Sr., Smith L. Day, whose address is 230 Azores Dr., Slidell, LA and phone number is 985-326-9188, and was issued by the Clerk of Court on the 5th day of November, 2012.

Schrell A. Schuff, Deputy Clerk of Court for Jon A. Gegenheimer, Clerk of Court Publish: Gambit 11/13 & 12/4/12

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CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA

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NO. 1959–00136 DIVISION M SECTION 13 SUCCESSION OF MARY C. SAIA NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Executrix of this succession has filed a Petition for authority to pay debts of the Succession, in accordance with the Tableau of Distribution attached to the Petition.

The Petition can be homologated after the expiration of seven days from the date of this publication, and any opposition to the Petition must be filed prior to the homologation.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this 7th day of November, 2012.

DALE N. ATKINS CLERK OF COURT Kristin Harrison LA BAR #33576 Ryan Scafidel LA BAR #26500 Scafidel Law Firm, LLC Attorney for Petitioner 4130 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 Phone: (504) 485-0200 PUBLICATION: Gambit 11/13/2 Anyone knowing the address or whereabouts of Frank S. Larson should contact John F. Watts, Attorney at Law, 118 North Cypress street, Post Office Box 1533, Hammond, Louisiana 70404; Telephone (985) 345-2490.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Dolores Smith Wilmore a/k/a Dolores Wilmore, please contact Timothy P. Farrelly, Atty. (504) 8324101 or 3445 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste 103, Metairie, LA 70002.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of KENNETH J. DRETAR, please contact Justin Reese Atty, 2216 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 525-1500.

ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of LLOYD ADDISON or DIANNE GREEN ADDISON, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, NOLA 70125, 504-365-1545 ANYONE KNOWING the whereabouts of PRISCILLA MCMATH PRYOR, please contact Atty. Jauna Crear, 4747 Earhart Blvd, Ste I, New Orleans, LA 70125, 504-365-1545

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2012-7333 DIVISION: H SECTION 12

SUCCESSION OF IDA MAE MALONE FLOWERS NOTICE TO SELL WHEREAS, Linda Marie Day and Karen Denise Jefferson, the Co- Administrators of the above Estate have made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to-wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, situated in the THIRD DISTRICT of the city of New Orleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE B, FAIRMONT PARK SUBDIVISION, bounded

by Milton, Elysian Fields, Monterey and Fairmont Drive, designated by the Nos. 23 and 24 of a plan of Gilbert & Kelly, Surveyors, dated January, 1925.

Lots 23 commences at a point 420 feet from the corner of Fairmont Drive and Milton Street, and measures 25 feet fron t on Milton Street, by 120 feet in depth on the side line towards Fairmont Drive; thence measures 11 feet, 2 inches on the rear, and 32 feet, 3 inches, 6 lines on the rear portions of Lots 29 and 30; thence measuring 90 feet, 9 inches, 3 lines in depth on the side line towards Elysian Fields Avenue. Lot 24 measures 25 feet front on Milton Street and adjoins Lot 23 and measures 90 feet, 9 inches, 3 lines in depth on the sideline towards Fairmont Drive; thence measures 31 feet, 5 inches on the rear of Lots 28 and 29 in said square; thence measures 12 feet, 9 inches, 4 lines on the rear side of Lot 28; thence measures 67 feet, 10 inches, 2 lines in depth on the side line towards Elysian Fields Avenue.

Improvements bear the Municipal No. 2247 Milton Street, New Orleans, LA 70122.

UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO-WIT: SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND NO/100 ($78,000.00) DOLLARS, all cash to seller, with the succession paying the seller’s closing costs, its pro-rata share of any encumbrances, taxes, legal fees, certificates and vendor’s closing costs, as per the Buy/Sell Agreement filed in these proceedings; Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the estate herein, to make any opposition which they have or may have to such application, at any time prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of ten (10) days (legal delays) from the date of publication, which private sale shall be published once, all in accordance with law.

Attorney: PAULA R. GEORGE (#6020) 2403 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504)895-0065 Gambit: 11/13/12

24th Judicial District Court for Jefferson Parish State of Louisiana

No.662-149 Division H Succession of Louise Bevard Notice is hereby given to all creditors of this estate and all other interested persons to show cause within seven (7) days from the publication of this notice, if they have or can show cause why the Petition for Private Sale of Real Estate located at 410 Brooklyn Ave, Jefferson, LA, filed by Evelyn Butler, Administrator, should not be approved and the sale should not take place.

ATTY: L. GEROME SMITH, 2640 Amelia Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 Tel: (504) 891-3323 Publication: Gambit 10/23 & 11/13/12

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2012-3040

DIVISION H

SUCCESSIONS OF EULA CROWLEY, wife of, and ADAM JOHN WALTERS NOTICE TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Whereas the Administrator of the above Estate has made application to the Court for the sale at private sale of the immovable property hereinafter described, to wit: Seventh District, New Orleans, Louisiana, Square 410, Lot “J,” bounded

by Apricot, Joliet, Leonidas and Pritchard Streets.

Municipal Number 8524-26 Pritchard St., New Orleans, LA 70118 UPON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO WIT: $78,500.00 cash, seller to pay a real estate commission of six (6%) percent, the documentary transactions tax due the City of New Orleans and seller’s customary share of any closing costs.

Notice is hereby given to all parties whom it may concern, including the heirs and creditors of the decedent herein, and of this estate, be ordered to make any opposition which they may have or may have to such application at any time, prior to the issuance of the order or judgment authorizing, approving and homologating such application, and that such order or judgment may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days, from the date of the last publication of such notice, all in accordance with law.

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Caroline Ag Inc., Greenville, MS, has 1 position for grain & oilseed crops; 3 mo. experience required; must be able to obtain clean driver’s license within 30 days of employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $9.30/hr; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 11/25/12 – 6/5/13. Apply at the local WIN Job Center with Job Order number 61526.

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Temporary Farm Labor: Rocking H Orchards, Hartley, TX, has 4 positions for grain, corn, cotton & oilseed crops; 3 mo. experience required for job duties listed; must be able to obtain clean driver’s license within 30 days of employment; tools, equipment, housing and daily trans provided; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $10.00/ hr; three-fourths work period guaranteed from 12/13/12 – 10/1/13.

Apply at Texas SWA office at 512-475-2571 with Job Order number TX2672162.

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Tues. 11/13 10-4 AT JOB 1 3400 Tulane Ave, NOLA , Rm 206 Supervisor positions for: Banquet, Warehouse, Retail Food Outlets, Stewarding E.O.E. D/D Free NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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Dear New Orleans Job Guru, “This is embarrassing, but I need your advice. A few years ago, I was convicted of something I’m not proud of. After I was released, I got a job through a friend. But now they are laying me off because of downsizing. Can you tell me how I should mention my record as I look for work?

— Thomas T., New Orleans, LA Dear Thomas, This is an issue that you will definitely need to tackle head on. The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) reports that at least 80% of private employers are currently using criminal background checks as a component of their hiring process. In fact, there are more than 800 companies nationwide that provide background checks. A January 2012 study in the journal, Pediatrics, found that nearly one-third of American adults have been arrested by age 23.

Grant Cooper The first thing I would urge you to do is to is to obtain a copy of your criminal records and review them to make sure they don’t contain mistakes. Errors are actually quite common.

Arrests not resulting in conviction that are older than 7 years are not required to be reported, but that does not apply to you, since you were convicted. Under certain circumstances, some convictions can be expunged. You should consult an attorney to find out if your situation qualifies for that.

Strategic Resumes assisted a client who had a college degree and had worked as a school teacher, but had been convicted of a DUI. He was barred from teaching again and was having extreme difficulty in finding a new job. In our opinion, his teaching experience was directly applicable to the field of training. We advised him to join a professional training and development organization, and he volunteered to assist in its conferences and activities. Following our advice, he also became more active in his church, and formed a strong bond his pastor.

The personal recommendation from his pastor played a critical role in the decision of a local company to hire him as assistant director of training, a good-paying position with benefits.

You didn’t mention what your offense was, Thomas, but keep in mind that there are certain types of jobs that are generally considered off limits for those with criminal records. These include banks, insurance companies, airports, security firms, railroads, casinos, childcare, education, and patient care. Your best bets are in industries like food and beverage, construction, building maintenance, manual labor, warehouses, factories, customer service, and some types of sales.

Keep these tips in mind to help overcome your criminal record as you begin the process of looking for a new job: SERVICES 1. The most powerful antidote to your criminal background as an obstacle to your employment is to engage in community volunteer activities. Be sure to let the agency or non-profit know about your history.

2. Build a strong network of professionals and those in respected positions in the community and business world who can vouch for you.

3. Apply for positions that do not typically require thorough background checks and try to reach out to companies or organizations through a referral source trusted by the organization.

BE YOUR OWN BOSS Independent Newspaper Contractor for The Advocate In the New Orleans, LA area Immediate opening available for carrier.

Please Call 225-388-0227.

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5. Prepare a résumé emphasizing your qualifications and do not mention your criminal record unless it is directly addressed by the employer or requested on application forms.

6. Keep your outlook positive, focus on your strengths, assert what you can do to help the employer’s bottom line, and ready yourself to answer questions about your criminal history in a direct manner.

New Orleans Job Guru is New Orleans native Grant Cooper. President of Strategic Résumés®, Grant ranks within the top LinkedIn Résumé Writing Experts nationwide and has assisted the U.S. Air Force, Kinko’s, the Louisiana Dept. of Labor, the City of New Orleans, NFL/NBA players & coaches, as well as universities, regional banks, celebrities, and major corporations.

Send your questions to New Orleans Job Guru at: grant@resupro.com or 504-891-7222

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4. If you belong to a religious organization, reach out to the pastor, priest, or minister for help. Most churches have a compassionate mission to help members of their congregation, despite past mistakes.

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EMPLOYMENT RESTAURANT/HOTEL/BAR Miyako HIibachi & Sushi Bar

Is seeking a PT Hostess. Please apply in person between 10-2:00 PM,1403 St. Charles Ave.

Bartender with restaurant food server experience

PIZZa MaKer Experienced

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Bar & Pizza Kitchen Apply in person Mon-Fri, 1-4:30 pm 141 N. Carrollton Ave.

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PROFESSIONAL

Insurance/Inspector Millennium Information Services is looking for independent contractors to perform exterior residential property insurance inspections in a local territory. Earnings based on number of inspections you complete. Must be currently in business performing like work.

You will need the following items to begin: Dependable vehicle, digital camera, measuring wheel & PC with high-speed Internet access.

To learn more about Millennium and to register online, please visit us at www.millinfo.com and register on our employment page in your state under field operations/ Independent Property Inspector.

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PHOTO/RETAIL DO YOU LOVE TO RUN?

Southern Runner is currently accepting applications and interviewing for a fulltime position with immediate growth potential.

Responsibilities - Utilize exceptional customer service and product knowledge to connect customers with the right product - Maintain knowledge of all store inventory and be able to perform all activities of associates in addition to handling more complex transactions or customer service situations - Actively participate in both the local running community and store-hosted events and training groups.

Qualifications - High school diploma or equivalent - Retail experience - Must be able to work evenings, weekends and holidays as needed - Physical requirements include the ability to twist, bend, squat, reach, climb a ladder and stand for extended periods of time - Must be passionate about running, both as a sport as a lifestyle/state of mind - Must have experience being involved in the local running communityparticipation in and knowledge of local running events, e.g. fun runs, marathons, etc - Passion for serving runners and athletes of all levels - Ability to create enthusiasm and excitement for the power that running can play in everyone’s life SALARY IS COMMENSURATE ON EXPERIENCE Are you ready? Please submit a current resume via e-mail to southernrunner@cox.net. We will schedule interviews between 11/12-11/19

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All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

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8 DUCKHOOK DRIVE

LUXURY TOWNHOME - $379,900 3 / 2 Next to N.O. Country Club Private gated cul de sac street.

Angela Discon, 504-554-8267 Keller Williams Realty 504-455-0100. Ea Ofc independently owned & operated

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY (Krause Bldg) 2 Bdrm/2Bath Condo.

French Quarter view. Parking available. $320,000 Call (504) 450-7215

BOATHOUSE - REDUCED!

Judy Pelitere, NMLS #466158 504-539-4319

617 DAUPHINE UNIT 5

In the Heart of the Historic FQ! 1 BR, 1 BA, top floor condo in very well maintained bldg. Stunning views, beautiful pool. lush courtyard. Washer/dryer on site. $239K. Steve Richards 504-2581800. Latter & Blum, INC/Realtors, ERA Powered, is independently owned & operated. 504-529-8140.

Scott Lagarde, NMLS #466135 504-539-4315 Christie Powers, NMLS #466161 504-539-4316

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Was gutted to the studs in 2004/05 and underwent a high quality renovation. 3 independent bedrooms, 2 full baths, master with whirlpool plus nice walk-in closet, off street parking in a great close to town location.

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2 bedrooms, 2 baths Rent: $1300.

Gated secured parking for one car. Elevator.

Living room, dining nook, furnished kitchen, central a/h, patio, water paid.

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7201 Onyx - $499K

High demand area. 3 BR, 2.5 BA, large family room with entertainment area, big kitchen overlooking patio & yard.

Oversized corner lot. Walking distance to lake. Susan Saia, 504-957-7504.

RE/MAX N.O. Properties, 504-8667733. Ea office independently owned & operated. www.susansaia.com

1201 CANAL ST.

6720 Canal Blvd, NOLA

Frank Pelitere, NMLS #958543 504-539-4318

Offers Volunteer Opportunities.

Make a difference in the lives of the terminally ill & their families.

Services include: friendly visits to patients & their families, provide rest time to caretaker, bereavement & office assistance.

School service hours avail.

Call Volunteer Coordinator @ 504-818-2723 #3016

LAKEVIEW/LAKESHORE

2225-27 Cambronne $ 339,000

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Huge Four (4) plex with a large 4 bedroom, 2 bath owners unit, off street parking for multiple cars and revenue from three apartments to pay the note with.

Michael L. Baker, ABR/M, CRB, HHS President Realty Resources, Inc. 504-523-5555 • cell 504-606-6226

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission for more than 28 years with offices in New Orleans, LA 70130

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WHITNEY PLACE CONDOMINIUMS 2000 - 2732 Whitney Place, Metairie

Great Traditional 4BR, 2 BA home on 1 acre corner lot. Crown molding throughout. Large family room with high ceilings, wood floors, brick fireplace & custom built-in shelving. Kitchen with ss appl., custom cabinets with crown molding and large pantry. Master with tray ceiling, luxury bath with jetted tub, sep. shower and double vanity. Great master closet.

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4 bedroom, 3 1/2 Baths Beautiful, spacious home located in the heart of Metairie.

Square footage approximate 3,000 to entertain. Two master bed rms 1 up and 1 down with full baths. Plus, Community Pool shared by 12 homes, dues of only $ 40.00 for full use and service of pool and can be reserve privately.

SELLER IS MOTIVATED!

A Full Service Real Estate Brokerage Serving the Greater New Orleans Area

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Wonderfully maintained Nine Mile Point 3 bedroom, 2 full bath Ranch on large lot.

Beautifully updated kitchen and baths, lots of custom wall color.

GREAT PROPERTY AT A GREAT PRICE!

3 BR, 2.5 BA. Stylish, open light-filled design with fab sunroom looking onto tranquil tropical pond. Granite, Stainless Steel, high ceilings, wood floors on main floor, master bedroom, stairs and upstairs hall. Kitchen has all new appliances just installed. NO monthly fees. Only 2 townhouses attached.

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The entire unit was just freshly painted and new carpet installed! Immaculate, like new! 2 br, 2.5 ba, office or guest room, applainces less than 3 years old, R-30 insulation in ceiling and R-19 in walls, beveled glass in dining room & master bedroom. Den with high ceilings and catwalk. Perfectly maintained! Bring your furniture and move in today!

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3141 Ponce De Leon #8

Dazzling true 1 BR condo with natural light. Nice ceiling fans. Polished hardwood flrs. Jazzfest is at your backdoor!

Take a stroll to Bayou St. John or City Park. $169K Jennifer Shelnutt, 504-3889383. Jennifer@fqr.com. French Quarter Realty, 504-949-5400. www.fqr.com

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Walk to Saints Games! Be a part of one of the coolest n’hoods in the city!

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$35,000 firm. Free utilities for 5 years if I continue to live there. Call (985) 210-5664. urielros1945@yahoo.com

Walking distance to all Gretna Courts. $750 per month includes phone. utilities, office machines & Jeffnet. Call 504-366-3551

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HOME OFF I-59, PICAYUNE, MS EX 6 2,419 sq. ft., 3 bdrms, 2 baths, open kit., frplc., fenced yard, custom blt in cabinets everywhere, on .75 acre. $165,000, 601-749-0498. MUST SEE! (Cat not included!)

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2537 River Road; 2 brm/1ba, water pd $850/mo OR 315 S. Rocheblave, studio apt, wtr piad, $555/mo includes fridge, range, w/d hkkps. No pets/ pool/smoking. 504-887-1814

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Modern 1 BR apt, $700/mo. 2 BR Apt $800. Unfurnished. Wifi, internet & assigned parking included. 504-491-1591

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Country living between New Orleans & Baton Rouge. REDUCED! $114,900.

Call Cecelia Buras, Realtor, Gardner Realtors, cell # (504) 583-2902 or office (504) 366-4511.

Renovated, 1 BR apts with 12 x 24’ liv room. furn kit, laundry on premises, offst pkg. NO PETS. Avail now. Owner/ agent $699 & $749. 504-236-5776.

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High end 1-4BR. Near ferry, clean, many x-tras, hrdwd flrs, cen a/h, no dogs, no sec 8, some O/S prkng $750$1200/mo. 504-362-7487

CARROLLTON 3 BR SHOTGUN DOUBLE

Central a/h, wood floors, furn kit, w/d hookups, shed, near streetcar, fenced backyard, no smokers/pets. $850+dep. 504-858-5389, 491-4056

NEAR CITY PARK

3218 Desaix Blvd. Single home, 2 BR/1BA, LR/DR, furn kit, office, W&D hkkps. CA&H. Fenced yard. $1100 per month .+ deposit. Call 504-952-5102

DOWNTOWN 1329 FRENCHMAN

Living room, 1 BR, kitchen, tile bath.

No pets. $500/mo.

Call 504-494-0970.

FRENCH QUARTER/ FAUBOURG MARIGNY 941 ROYAL

2 BR, 1 BA, $1500/mo/dep. Fully furn, pool, w/d onsite, shared balc, elevator, no pets. 504-236-5757, 2367060. FQRental.com

941 ROYAL

Fully furn, 1 br, 1 ba, shared pool & balc, w/d on site. $1100/mo/dep. No Pets. 504-236-5757. 504-236-7060 FQRental.com

HEART OF FRENCH QTR

Large 1 Bedroom with Loft, 1 Bath, washer & dryer, central air & heat, $1380/mo. 985-630-6686

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3 BR home, 2BA, Jacuzzi, screened porch, stainless steel appl, cathedral ceiling in living area, laundry room, wooden floors, located on a two acre lot surrounded by mature trees. Workshop & carport for two cars. The setting is private and safe. (Ten miles north of I-12 off Hwy.1077/ Turnpike Rd.) 50241 Huckleberry Lane , One year minimum lease.

Avail now. $1,500/month.

985.796.9130. www.LaPoloFarms.com

LAKEFRONT LARGE ATTRACTIVE APT

2BR, 2BA w/ appls, beautiful courtyard setting w/swimming pool, quiet neighborhood. $875/mo. 504-495-6044 or 504-756-7347

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1205 ST CHARLES/$1075

Fully Furn’d studio/effy/secure bldg/ gtd pkg/pool/gym/wifi/laundry. Avail Now! 985-871-4324, 504-442-0573.

6021 TCHOUPITOULAS

2, 2br apts. Newly renov’t, ss appls, granite cnttrps, hdwd flrs, CA&H, o/s pkng. No pets. $1650/$1800. Call (504) 610-8677

1510 CARONDELET

LARGE EFFICIENCY - $800 Util included. Upper unit has kit, bath & 1 large bdrm. A/C & ceiling fan. 1 blk to St. Charles. Close to everything. Easy access to !-10,, CBD & French Qtr. On site laundry facilities. Avail 11/1. No smokers/pets. Call 1-888-239-6566 or email mballier@yahoo.com

3219A PRYTANIA

Perfect for prof’, Renov Vict hse, 2br/,1 full + 1/2 ba with walk in closet, LR, DR, kit, wd flrs, hi ceils, w/i balc., appls, ca&h, sec, pool privileges. $1450/ mo. 813-8186 274-8075.

LOWER GARDEN DIST./ IRISH CHANNEL 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

2 BR, Newly renov shotgun style $895/mo 1BR, $695/ mo. Also: Rms by week, private bath, all util incl . $175/wk. 504-202-0381, 738-2492.

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